Farmers in Madhya Pradesh, which is also known as the soya bowl of India, are facing shortage of fertilisers despite Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's tall claims of making "agriculture a profitable business" in the state.
Madhya Pradesh requires 365,000 tonnes of single super phosphate (SSP) this year, while supplies are almost less than half the demand. The state government has also admitted that there is a shortage of SSP this year due to the ongoing Gurjar movement in Rajasthan, which is the sole supplier of rock phosphate