Amit Shah to inaugurate India’s first nano DAP plant in Gujarat on Vijaya Dashami

IFFCO is expected to manufacture 18 crore bottles of nano DAP by 2025-26

Ahead of the 2024 polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate India’s first liquid nano di-ammonia phosphate (DAP) plant of Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) on October 24 in Ahmedabad – Kalol highway in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency. Shah is likely to address a gathering of farmers and the cooperative sector at the event.

What is liquid nano DAP?

Aimed at making India self-reliant in the field of fertilisers, IFFCO’s Nano DAP (Liquid) contains 8 percent of nitrogen and 16 percent of phosphorus. This can replace a 50 kg bag of traditional DAP is currently priced at Rs 1,350 for farmers. “This would not only cut India’s fertilisers import dependence, but also boost wheat, sugar and potato farmers’ income significantly,” Shah had earlier said while launching the product in April.

IFFCO owns a patent on its nano urea and nano DAP. Te cooperative will get royalties for the product for the next 20 years. According to the central government, the impact of one bottle of 500 ml on the crop is equivalent to that of 45 kg bag of granular urea. IFFCO is expected to manufacture 18 crore bottles of nano DAP by 2025–2026. According to the cooperative, this will reduce the consumption of 90 lakh tonnes of traditional DAP.

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How will it help farmers?

Due to it being a liquid, the nano DAP will minimally contaminate the land. Shah had said that by using liquid DAP and liquid urea, farmers can increase the number of earthworms in their land and move towards natural farming without reducing production and income. This will also help in conserving the land. Shah said that in a country like India, where 60 percent of the population is still associated with agriculture and its related businesses, this revolutionary step will make India self-sufficient in the field of food production and fertilisers.

Reduced production cost and increased output will also boost the annual income of Indian farmers. “Around 384 lakh metric tonnes of fertiliser is produced in the country, out of which cooperative societies produced 132 lakh metric tonnes. Out of this 132 Lakh metric tonnes of fertilizer, IFFCO has produced 90 Lakh metric tonnes. He said that cooperative societies like IFFCO, KRIBHCO have a huge contribution in India's self-reliance in the fields of fertiliser, milk production and marketing,” Shah had earlier said.