Agricultural production and fertilizer use report released Anhui Provincial Agriculture Commission on display before the last year, the amount of fertilizer and the strength of the "double down", the chemical fertilizer use amount of about 3 million 200 thousand tons, compared to 2016 decreased by 70 thousand tons, a decline of 2.1%, maintain a downward trend for 3 consecutive years; fertilizer use amount of 23.23 kg per mu, decreased 0.88 kilograms, a decline of 3.6%.

Promote scientific fertilization not only increase the efficiency, but also affects the sustainable development of agriculture. According to the relevant person in charge of agriculture, the provincial Agriculture Commission last year in 91 counties (city, district) 2730 main agricultural production arrangements for fertilizer use survey. The report also shows that last year the province's fertilization coverage and fertilizer utilization rate double up". The total area of soil testing and fertilization is 110 million mu in the whole province, the coverage rate is 82.4%, and the increase is 2 percentage points. The utilization rate of chemical fertilizer in the main crops was 37.6%, and 1.4 percentage points increased. In addition, the structure and mode of fertilization are also continuously optimized. The application area of organic manure increased by 23 million 600 thousand mu per time, and increased by 12.38%. The proportion of compound fertilizer (formula fertilizer) increased further, accounting for 93.01% of the survey points, and increased by nearly 3 percentage points. Fertilization, sample survey of 66.7% of the grain crop fertilizer by mechanical fertilization, increased by 16.7 percentage points; the integration of water and fertilizer application area of 3 million 420 thousand acres, an increase of 27.6%.