Application of granular urea using mechanised devices reduces consumption of the
fertiliser by 50 per cent to yield normal rice production saving farming cost side by side
improving environment and ecology.
Principal Scientific Officer and Head of the Farm Machinery and Post Harvest
Technology Division (FMPHTD) of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) at
Gazipur Dr Abdur Rahman said this at a field level exhibition of mechanised urea
granular fertiliser applicator machine here on Sunday afternoon.
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute organised the field level exhibition of the machine,
one of the simplest mechanized devices, evolved by BRRI at a T-Aman field in village
Rasulpur under Mithapukur upazila.
Officials and experts of BRRI, Department of Agriculture Extension, Foreman of the
FMPHTD of BRRI from Gazipur Meher Paul, its Mechanic Abu Hanif, local public
representatives and a large number of farmers were present.
Dr Rahman said the BRRI evolved mechanised device is a very simple one that can
be operated manually and only one person can apply granular urea fertiliser using the
applicator in the paddy fields in two rows simultaneously.
He said 80 per cent of urea fertiliser is being consumed annually in rice cultivation in the
country and most of the traditionally applied urea becomes vaporised, goes into soil or
adjoining areas and water bodies after being mixed with water giving no benefit.
He suggested farmers for expanded use of the machine to save 50 per cent urea annually
and benefit the nation economically by improving environment, ecology and biodiversity without hampering rice production. – BSS, Gazipur
