In an attempt to improve soil quality, the Maharashtra government will upgrade testing centres at the tehsil level and farmers can send soil samples there for testing through local post offices, state Agriculture Minister Dhananjay Munde said.

Farmers can send soil samples to testing centres in their respective tehsil through local post offices and get the test reports on their mobile phones within seven days, the minister said while addressing a gathering at Phoenix Foundation College of Agriculture here on Friday. There has been a drop in carbon content in the soil, which has affected land fertility in many parts of the state, he said.