The government is urgently pushing the use of nano fertilizers (liquid) in the ongoing Rabi sowing season to address the growing concerns about supply of conventional (granular) fertilisers. This is triggered by simultaneous increase in both conventional fertilizer demand and widening of acreage under cultivation this year.
Data show that in the first week of November, sale of urea was 6.18 lt as compared to 2.58 lt compared to a year ago, DAP was 3.49 lt as compared to 1.43 lt last year, MOP was 0.49 lt compared to 0.27 lt last year and complex 3.10 lt from 1.60 last year. The total area under coverage too has increased by 27 per cent to over 130 lakh hectares as of November 10 compared to 102 lh a year ago.
