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Nano nitrogen not the solution to fertilizer issue: Anura

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Claiming that nano nitrogen liquid fertilizer imported from India was a nutritional supplement, National People’s Power (NPP) MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today nano nitrogen would not be the solution to the fertilizer issue faced by the farmers at present.

He told Parliament that this so called nano nitrogen liquid fertilizer was really a nano urea and that according to the experiment report in India, it should be used as a nutritional supplement.

He said according to this experiment report, this nano fertilizer should be used after a month of cultivation and after applying 50% urea to the paddy cultivation.

“This nano fertilizer contains 4% of urea. The experiment report on this says that urea should be applied to paddy cultivation after two weeks of cultivation. And, this nano fertilizer should be applied after the paddy plant is grown to some extent so that the leaves could absorb this liquid fertilizer. It should be used as a supplement and after one month of cultivation,” he said.

The MP said when a new seed or cultivation method was introduced, it should be done after on-farm testing and said they doubt whether the Agriculture Research Institute had done such testing on this nano fertilizer.(Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera)


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  • Hello Friday, 22 October 2021 05:03 AM

    Nano must be giving the highest commissions?

    Lionel Friday, 22 October 2021 06:25 AM

    Yes, it is like a booster shot after initial fertilizer application.

    samson de silva Friday, 22 October 2021 06:37 AM

    The so-called "kaabanika nano nitrogen diyara pohora" is nothing other than a suspension of nano particles of urea in water. The urea content is 4%. Human urine has a urea content of 2%. It will be much easier and will cost nothing to get farmers, their families and the local pohottu cronies to urinate on the growing paddy, vegetable/fruit plants.

    Dolly Friday, 22 October 2021 06:44 AM

    This guys knows everything and has a solution and an answer to everything and full of manure.

    දාස Friday, 22 October 2021 06:57 AM

    මේ කථාකරන්නෙ ගොවිතැන ගැන දන්න , කුඹුරෙ නියරෙ ඇවිද්ද , ගමක හැදුන ගොවි පවුලක මිනිහෙක්.

    Anura Nanayakkara Friday, 22 October 2021 07:47 AM

    Oh My dear over night Anura Kumara Dissanayaka had become a big Scientist, qualifying in Chemistry, Physics, Agricultural science, and Applied Science.!!? He is the best joker in the parliament.

    George Silva Friday, 22 October 2021 10:00 PM

    Stop this nonsense. Bring the regular inorganic NPK fertilizer and use it judiciously. All there concoctions do not work for paddy and other plantation crops.


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