IFFCO introduces world’s 1st Nano urea for farmers across the World

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Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) has introduced the world’s 1st Nano Urea Liquid for farmers across the world in the presence of its RGB members at its 50th annual general body meeting held online-offline mode on May 31.  This is an inspiration taken from the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reducing the use of urea in the soil. 

The nano urea liquid is indigenously developed after many years of dedicated research of IFFCO’s scientists and engineers through a proprietary technology developed at Nano Biotechnology Research Centre, Kalol in sync with the Prime Minister's vision of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and fostering ‘Atmanirbhar Krishi’. 

IFFCO nano urea liquid is found effective and efficient for plant nutrition. This increases the production with improved nutritional quality. It will also give a huge positive impact on the quality of underground water, very significant reduction in global warming with an impact on climate change and sustainable development.

US Awasthi, MD, IFFCO Introducing World's 1st Nano Urea to farmers across the World At The Cooperative's 50th AGM in New Delhi
Nano urea liquid for farmers use will boost a balanced nutrition program by reducing the excessive use of urea application in soil. Excess urea causes environmental pollution, harm soil health, and making plant more susceptible for disease and insect infestation, delayed maturity of the crop and production loss. Nano urea liquid make crops stronger, healthy and protect them from the lodging effect.

IFFCO nano urea liquid is easy on the pocket of farmer and will be effective in increasing farmers income. A 500ml bottle of IFFCO nano urea liquid will replace at least one bag of conventional urea.  Hence, it will reduce input costs to farmers. Due to the small size of nano urea liquid, its bottle can be kept in the pocket and will significantly bring down the cost of logistics and warehousing also.

IFFCO nano urea liquid is now included in Fertiliser Control Order on the basis of multi-location and multi-crop trials undertaken under the National Agriculture Research System at 20 ICAR research institutes, state agriculture universities and KVKs on 43 crops. To test its efficacy around 11,000 farmer field trials were undertaken on more than 94 crops across India. 

In the recent countrywide trials conducted on 94 crops, an average 8% increase in yield has been witnessed. IFFCO nano urea liquid is developed to replace conventional urea and it can curtail the requirement of the same by at least 50%.  It contains 40,000ppm of nitrogen in a 500ml bottle which is equivalent to the impact of nitrogen nutrient provided by one bag of conventional urea. 

IFFCOs Nano Urea Bottle
Production of IFFCO nano urea liquid will commence from June 2021. The commercial rollout will start soon thereafter. IFFCO has priced nano urea at ₹240/500 ml bottle for the farmers which is 10% cheaper than the cost of a bag of conventional urea. The cooperative has planned a massive countrywide campaign exercise to demonstrate and train the farmers about its usage and application. 

It will be primarily available to farmers through its cooperative sales and marketing channel apart from its sale on IFFCO’s e-commerce platform www.iffcobazar.in. 

SALIENT FEATURES

  • Prime Minister calls for a reduction in the use of Urea in the soil, inspired IFFCO for doing research and introduction of Nano Urea Liquid
  • Effective and efficient Nano Urea Liquid is developed indigenously through proprietary technology at IFFCO’s Nano Biotechnology Research Centre (NBRC) in Kalol, Gujarat to the tune of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Atmanirbhar Krishi’.
  • One 500 ml bottle of Nano Urea Liquid would replace at least one bag of conventional Urea 
  • A sustainable solution for plant nutrition with higher Nutrient Use Efficiency, and reducing soil, water and air pollution.
Field Trials Have Indicated Substantial Increase In Yields


  • Huge Impact on quality of underground water, very significant reduction of global warming with a positive impact on climate change & sustainable development.
  • Increase on an average 8% crop yield with improved quality of farm produces with lower input cost.
  • Substantial increase in farmers’ income.
  • Will significantly bring down the logistics and warehousing cost

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