India’s First Liquid Nano Urea Plant 

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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first Liquid Nano Urea plant in Kalol, Gujarat.

• Liquid Nano Urea is a patented product of Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative (IFFCO) and is expected to replace imported urea and produce better results for farmers. 

About Liquid Nano Urea

• Urea is a chemical nitrogen fertilizer used to provide artificial nitrogen to plants.

• LNA is nanotechnology-based urea in which nanoparticles of nitrogen are used to provide nutrients to plants.

• It is directly sprayed on the leaves and easily absorbed by the plant due to the nano size of nitrogen particles.

Advantages over conventional Urea

• The bioavailability of LNU to plants is more because of its desirable particle size about 20-50 nm.

• According to IFFCO, liquid nano urea contains 4 percent total nitrogen (weight/volume) evenly dispersed in water.

• The liquid nano urea produced by IFFCO Limited comes in a half-liter bottle priced at Rs 240 without subsidy while the farmer pays Rs 300 for a 50-kg bag of heavily subsidized urea.

• It is also aimed at reducing the unbalanced and indiscriminate use of conventional urea.

• It will help increase crop productivity, and reduce soil, water, and air pollution.