With the production of 170 million bottles of nano urea, around ₹15,000-20,000 crore could be saved on urea imports, Union fertilizer secretary Arun Singhal said. If 25% replacement achieved, the production of indigenous local urea containing nanoparticles of urea or nano urea would be 5 million tonnes by 2025. India spent $5.1 billion to import 8.1 million tonnes urea in …
Sao Paulo, Brazil – Speaking to reporters three days after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine in late February, Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro lamented his nation’s dependence on Russian fertilisers and took the opportunity to criticise Indigenous land rights. “We have potassium in abundance, but it is an Indigenous reserve.” The world’s largest soybean producer, Brazil is an agricultural …