DHAKA, Sept 15, 2019 (BSS) – Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque today said the country needs to balance the use of nitrogen enriched fertilizers by farmers to protect the environment from pollution.
“Most of the farmers are still ignorant about proper use of fertilizer on their crops. This ultimately leads to damage of soil fertility and negative impact on the environment,” said the minister while addressing an International Nitrogen Management System South Asia Regional Demonstration Workshop at a city hotel.
He said: “Although nitrogen enriched fertilizers like Urea and Ammonia increase productivity of the crops up to 30 to 35 percent, excess use of this fertilizer reduces soil fertility.”
Even the excess use of such fertilizer on the crops results in creating nitrogen pollution in the environment through mixing nitrogen with the air and also pollutes the water, the minister explained.
The trees consume half of the nitrogen from the environment but the remaining amount pollutes the environment through mixing itself with soil, water and air, he told the workshop.
“So, we should to give importance to balanced use of fertilizer and have to cut its use in phases,” said Dr Razzaque.
Director General of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Dr M Shahjahan Kabir was the special guest at the workshop, where scientists from neighboring India and Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Agriculture University (BSMAU) Dr M Gias Uddin Mia also spoke.