Nano urea
Setback
- What happened
A two-year field experiment by Punjab Agricultural University found wheat yields 21.6% lower and rice yields 13% lower with nano urea than with ordinary nitrogen fertilizer, with less protein in the grain.
- Why it matters
India's government said it would cut fertilizer use and subsidy costs and raise yields. Independent field trials have not borne that out so far.
Business Today, 14 Apr 2026- How far from your life
Approved or on sale
Nano urea fertilizer is on step 4 of 5. You can get it now, though it may not be common yet.
- Source
“There was a 21.6 per cent decrease in wheat yield and a 13 per cent decrease in rice yields”Down To Earth, 3 Jan 2024
The bigger picture
More on Nano urea
On step 4 of 5: Approved or on sale. Everything we track on it
- On saleCompany-reported
IFFCO launched nano urea, priced 10% below an equivalent bag of ordinary urea, with mass production at its Kalol plant near Ahmedabad.
ICIS, 1 June 2021