Bangladesh To Dramatically Expand Technology That Doubles Efficiency Of Urea Fertilizer Use
The Government of Bangladesh has announced that it will expand urea deep placement (UDP) - a technology that doubles the efficiency of urea fertilizer use - to almost 1 million hectares (ha) of rice land, reaching about 1.6 million farm families, in the coming boro or dry season.UDP is the insertion of large urea briquettes into the rice root zone after transplanting. UDP cuts nitrogen losses significantly.
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