New granular urea fertilizer targets rice farmers
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Rice farmers across the country will begin to access granular urea fertilizer produced by Notore Chemical Industries Limited, an agro-allied and chemical company.
Speaking at their exhibition stand at the Daily Trust Agric conference, which ended recently in Abuja, a representative of the company who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak with the media, said the product is the best option for rice farmers because the older urea can easily be washed away by water.
Granular urea is basically urea but is coated with formaldehyde. The formaldehyde prevents the product from dissolving very quickly so that the plants always have food available.
According to the company, it is the required dosage of granular urea that has been compressed into a ball or a supper gramil. It dissolves slowly and makes farming more efficient and it also doesn’t give room for wastage.
“Sometimes, most local farmers when broadcasting, throw fertilizers on the crops and when rain falls, it washes off the fertilizer but with USG, it promotes deep placement technology which means that when applying the USG, it has to be pushed deep into the ground where it will be dissolving at the same time the plant requires food,” the source said.
In order to make it easy and affordable for small holder farmers, Notore’s USG is packaged in 10kg which is sold for N1,200.
Speaking at their exhibition stand at the Daily Trust Agric conference, which ended recently in Abuja, a representative of the company who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak with the media, said the product is the best option for rice farmers because the older urea can easily be washed away by water.
Granular urea is basically urea but is coated with formaldehyde. The formaldehyde prevents the product from dissolving very quickly so that the plants always have food available.
According to the company, it is the required dosage of granular urea that has been compressed into a ball or a supper gramil. It dissolves slowly and makes farming more efficient and it also doesn’t give room for wastage.
“Sometimes, most local farmers when broadcasting, throw fertilizers on the crops and when rain falls, it washes off the fertilizer but with USG, it promotes deep placement technology which means that when applying the USG, it has to be pushed deep into the ground where it will be dissolving at the same time the plant requires food,” the source said.
In order to make it easy and affordable for small holder farmers, Notore’s USG is packaged in 10kg which is sold for N1,200.
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