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How do fertilizers enrich the fertility of the soil ?

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Fertilizers are nutrient specific which are synthesised in factories. They replenish the deficient nutrients in the soil. According to specific requirement of any plant, those fertilisers are added into the soil which helps in restoring and maintaining the fertility of the soil e.g., NPK provides nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, urea provides nitrogen etc.
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