{"id":266112,"date":"2023-10-25T18:49:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=266112"},"modified":"2023-10-25T18:49:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T13:19:03","slug":"minister-of-cooperation-inaugurated-iffcos-nano-dap-liquid-plant-at-kalol-in-gandhinagar-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/minister-of-cooperation-inaugurated-iffcos-nano-dap-liquid-plant-at-kalol-in-gandhinagar-gujarat\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister of Cooperation inaugurated IFFCO&#8217;s Nano DAP (Liquid) plant at Kalol in Gandhinagar, Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>Minister of Cooperation inaugurated IFFCO&#8217;s Nano DAP (Liquid) plant at Kalol in Gandhinagar, Gujarat<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in <\/span><b>\u201cPIB\u201d on 24th October 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Union Minister of Cooperation has inaugurated IFFCO&#8217;s Nano DAP (Liquid) Plant at Kalol in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is Nano DAP?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nano-DAP (Di-ammonium Phosphate) is a nanotechnology-based agri-input developed by the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will have 8% nitrogen and 16% phosphorus compared to 18% nitrogen and 46% phosphorus contained in the conventional granular bag.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Comparison with conventional DAP: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 500 ml bottle of nano-DAP is equal to a 50kg bag of regular DAP. The cost of a bottle of nano-DAP is \u20b9600 (without subsidy) while conventional DAP is priced at \u20b91,350 per bag (with fertilizer subsidy).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patent and Royalty:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> IFFCO has obtained a 20-year patent for nano-urea and nano-DAP, entitling them to receive a 20% royalty for global usage of these products.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the benefits of Nano DAP?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nutrient use efficiency is more than 90 percent under optimum field conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enhances Crop Growth and Quality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is cheaper than conventional DAP and is economical for the farmers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduces pollution of soil, air and water due to excessive use of phosphatic fertilizers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduced production cost and increased output will also boost the annual income of Indian farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is eco friendly as nano DAP will minimally contaminate the land.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cMinister of Cooperation inaugurated IFFCO&#8217;s Nano DAP (Liquid) plant at Kalol in Gandhinagar, Gujarat\u201d published in \u201cPIB\u201d on 24th October 2023 What is the News? The Union Minister of Cooperation has inaugurated IFFCO&#8217;s Nano DAP (Liquid) Plant at Kalol in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. What is Nano DAP? Nano-DAP&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/minister-of-cooperation-inaugurated-iffcos-nano-dap-liquid-plant-at-kalol-in-gandhinagar-gujarat\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Minister of Cooperation inaugurated IFFCO&#8217;s Nano DAP (Liquid) plant at Kalol in Gandhinagar, Gujarat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,1],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-266112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-uncategorized","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":42,"cached_at":1698386059,"cached_date":1698457351},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}