Nano Fertilizers: Revolutionizing Indian Agriculture
Recently, the Union Government launched world’s first Nano Di-Ammonia Phosphate (DAP) liquid fertilizer manufactured by the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO).
- In May 2021, the IFFCO had launched Nano Urea in India.
Need for Nano Fertilizers in India
- India is the 2nd largest consumer of fertilizer after China. In India, farmers practice traditional methods to apply fertilizers uniformly throughout the field. This uniform and constant rate application of fertilizer is inefficient and mostly leads to over-fertilizing certain areas and at the same time, under-fertilizing others, not meeting the actual nutrient demand.
- Further, as agriculture is facing the problems of soil degradation, ....
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