IFFCO conducts field trial of spraying of nano urea by drone at Gujarat’s Bhavnagar
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 1
A practical field trial of drone spraying of nano liquid urea was on Friday conducted in Bhavnagar by IFFCO, a company involved in developing nano urea, in presence of a “large number of farmers” and Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
An IFFCO study has found that spraying nano urea through drones is more effective on crops and will also have a positive effect on productivity, according to a statement.
Calling it a huge achievement”, Mandaviya said: “India has become the first country in the world to start commercial production of nano urea. Not only has nano urea been produced on a large scale today, but we are happy that farmers are adopting it on a large scale since the very beginning. It started production in June and till now we have produced more than 5 million bottles of nano urea. More than one lakh bottles of nano urea are being produced every day”, he said.
Mandaviya said many questions and doubts remain in the minds of people regarding conventional spraying of fertilisers and pesticides.
“Concerns are also expressed about the potential harm to the health of the sprayers. Drone-spraying will solve these questions and problems. 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,” he said
“Liquid Nano Urea has emerged as a powerful alternative to conventional Urea,” he said, adding that 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, he said.
Vice President of IFFCO Dilip Bhai Sanghani was also present on the occasion.
