India’s government has directed Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd. (IFFCO) and other of the country’s fertilizer producers to start the production of Nano DAP within a year to reduce import DAP dependence, according to Indian media reports this week.
The directive from India’s Union Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, follows the successful introduction of Nano Urea Liquid by IFFCO early this summer (GM June 4. p. 32).
The fertilizer cooperative is reported to already have conducted field trials for the new Nano DAP product on 24 crops in 2,000 farms, and is reporting “encouraging” results, according to the media reports.