Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd. (IFFCO) on May 31 launched Nano Urea Liquid, which the company said could cut conventional urea used by at least 50 percent. IFFCO said a 500 ml bottle of the product, which contains 40,000 ppm of nitrogen, will replace at least one bag of conventional urea, thereby reducing input costs and also bringing down the cost of logistics and warehousing.
IFFCO said some 11,000 farmer field trials were undertaken on more than 94 crops across India and showed an 8 percent increase in yield.
IFFCO has priced the product at Rs240 per bottle, which it said is 10 percent less than a bag of urea. Production starts in June, with rollout soon thereafter. IFFCO said it plans a massive countryside campaign to demonstrate and train farmers about the use and application of the new product.
The cooperative said the product was indigenously developed after many years of research by IFFCO’s scientists and engineers through a proprietary technology developed at Nano Biotechnology Research Centre, Kalol.