4,000 tonnes imported urea arrive for delta farmers

The Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), which imports fertilizers from the Gulf countries, imported 2,650 tonnes of urea from Oman. The consignment has arrived from Andhra Pradesh via roadways. “We have imported urea from Oman India Fertilizer Company SAOC (OMIFCO), our partner in Oman, for the fourth time this year. We would send the fertilizers as per demand for districts in Tamil Nadu as decided by the Agriculture Department of the state. The urea which we imported would be sent to these places based on the requirement,” said an IFFCO representative.

The urea would be loaded on to dozens of trucks in the days to come, with a maximum limit of 500 tonnes per day and sent to delta districts like Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur and Thanjavur and neighbouring districts like Tiruchy and Pudukkottai.

The nitrogenous fertilizer would be distributed by Thanjavur Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited in Tiruvarur for the delta districts and its parent-body, Tamil Nadu Cooperative Marketing Federation Limited, for other districts. The fertilizer would be packed and branded by IFFCO.