India’s RCF last week secured in-principle approval from its board to set up a Nano Urea Liquid production unit at its Trombay production site in Maharashtra state.
The company’s board on Sept. 8 gave the in-principle approval for a plant to produce 75 kiloliters per day, or some 150,000 bottles of 500 millilitres capacity, according to a report by India’s Business Standard.
The Nano urea liquid product is based on Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd.’s (IFFCO) proprietary technology, and was a new product developed by the fertilizer cooperative, launched on May 31 (GM June 4, p. 32).
IFFCO and RCF signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in late July for the “transfer of technology” of Nano Urea Liquid (GM July 30, p. 33).
The Indian fertilizer cooperative also signed a “transfer of technology” MOU for Nano Urea Liquid with India’s National Fertilizers Ltd. (NFL) in late July.
IFFCO began production of the new product in June at its facility in Kalol in Gujarat state, and last month was seeking permission from India’s government to export the new product, according to Indian media reports (GM Aug. 13, p. 36). It is unclear which export markets IFFCO is targeting for the new product.
The fertilizer cooperative has also inked MOUs with Brazilian and Argentine cooperatives to set up Nano Urea Liquid production units with mutual collaboration in the two countries (GM June 18, p. 31; June 25, p. 32).
IFFCO has said the new product could cut conventional urea use by at least 50 percent.