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(THE GIST OF PIB) Nano Urea

[October-2021]

In the presence of Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilisers, a practical field trial of Drone Spraying of Nano Liquid Urea was conducted in Bhavnagar, Gujarat.

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This demonstration of spraying liquid nano urea by drone was undertaken by IFFCO, a company involved in developing nano urea.
India has become the first country in the world to start commercial production of Nano Urea. IFFCO started production in June and till has produced more than 5 million bottles of Nano Urea as of now.

Benefits of Liquid Nano Urea:

Liquid Nano Urea has emerged as a powerful alternative to conventional Urea. Increasing use of liquid nano urea will result in economic savings to the farmers, increase productivity and reduce India’s dependence on urea imports.
This will also reduce the subsidy burden on the government and the government will be able to use this savings on other public welfare schemes.
IFFCO in its study has found that spraying nano urea through drones is more effective on crops and will also have a positive effect on productivity.

Benefits of Drone spraying:

Drones will be able to spray more land in less time. This will save the time of the farmers.
The cost of spraying will be less. This will result in financial savings to the farmers.
Along with this, the safety of the sprinklers will also be ensured.