Field experiments were conducted in the assured rainfall region located at Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Kolhapur on Entisol, during the kharif seasons of 2010-2012 to examine the response of finger millet crop to application of fertilizer briquettes containing nitrogen and phosphorus. The conventional method of fertilizer application through chemical fertilizers viz., Urea and Di-ammonium phosphate was studied in comparison with briquette application at the different levels of fertilizer. The finger millet crop was sown in paired rows. The fertilizer treatments consisted of 100% recommended dose (60: 30 kg N, P2O5 ha-1) of fertilizer applied through conventional fertilizers and 100%, 75% and 50% recommended dose of fertilizers through briquettes. Nitrogen was applied in two equal splits for the conventional fertilizers while phosphorus was applied as basal. The briquettes containing the entire dose of fertilizers were applied as basal at the time of sowing of finger millet. The findings of the field experiments revealed that the application of 100% recommended dose of fertilizers to the finger millet crop through briquettes significantly increased the grain yield of finger millet. (27.6 q ha-1) when compared with recommended dose of fertilizers applied through the conventional fertilizers (23.8 q ha-1). Application of fertilizer briquettes @ of 75 % RD to finger millet crop revealed significantly higher yields of the grain yield (26.0 q ha-1) as compared with recommended dose (23.8 q ha-1) applied through conventional fertilizers. The treatment RDF through conventional fertilizer (23.8 q ha-1) was noticed to be significantly superior over the treatment 50 % RDF through briquettes (21.6 q ha-1). Higher removal of nutrients by the crop contributed to the higher yields. The soil analyses after harvest of the crop did not differ significantly amongst the different treatments. The higher B:C ratio revealed by treatments when the fertilizer was applied through briquettes adequately demonstrates the merit of the material.