Use Liquid Nano Urea, DAP Instead Of Granular Urea: Amit Shah To Farmers

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday appealed to the farmers to use more effective liquid Nano Urea and DAP instead of granular urea and DAP as granular urea damages the land as well as the crop and the health of the people.

Shah said that the launch of the IFFCO Nano DAP (liquid) product is an important beginning to making India self-reliant in the field of fertilisers. The effort of IFFCO is an inspiration for all the national cooperatives to research and venture into new areas.

The minister said, "Use of liquid DAP, through spraying on the plant, will help increase both the quality and quantity of products as well in the conservation of the land. This will contribute a lot in restoring the fertility of the land and will reduce the threat to the health of crores of Indians caused by the chemical fertilisers."

He said that 384 lakh metric tonne (MT) of fertiliser is produced in the country, out of which cooperative societies produced 132 lakh MT. Out of this 132 Lakh metric tonnes of fertiliser, IFFCO has produced 90 Lakh metric tonnes. 

He added that cooperative societies like IFFCO and KRIBHCO greatly contribute to India's self-reliance in the fields of fertilizer, milk production and marketing. Instead of mass production, the main mantra of the cooperation is “mass production by masses”. It was believed that this mantra could not be successful after the decade of 1970-80, but, many cooperative societies like IFFCO and KRIBHCO have followed this mantra.

The minister mentioned that along with their professionalism in every field of cooperation, research, capacity and capability, they have kept the spirit of co-operative alive and have implemented it on the ground.  

He stated that the most prominent example and success story of a cooperative are that if today IFFCO earns Rs 1, after the income tax deduction, 80 paise goes directly to the farmers.