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Calsol benefits thousands of farmers in Rajshahi region

Liquid fertiliser decreases use of granular fertilizer, production increases


Published : 31 Oct 2019 06:33 PM | Updated : 06 Sep 2020 12:28 PM

Farmers, agriculturists and field-researchers in Rajshahi have emphasised using balanced Liquid Fertiliser to reap the highest crop production at a low cost.

They opined, locally produced balanced liquid fertiliser contains 16 nourishing ingredients of growth of plant and is non-hazardous for nature and environment. In this connection, they said, locally manufactured ‘Calsol’ liquid fertiliser was being used by the farmers and researchers in the fields and they were getting a highly encourageous result in crop production at a very low cost.

Prof Dr. Aminul Islam, Chairman of Department of Agronomy and Agricultural Extension of Rajshahi University in connection with the  use of liquid fertiliser said, due to the  high price of chemical fertiliser, the production cost of crops was also increasing. Developed countries of the world have started research decades ago to decrease the use of granular fertiliser and to opt for liquid one and using of LF has already got wide popular there because of high price and environmental impact of granular-chemical fertiliser. By the wider use of LF, farmers of our country can also get a maximum production of crops without any negative impact on soil and environment. The liquid fertiliser also requires 20 percent less than the granular fertiliser.

Sohel Akhter, inventor of Liquid Fertiliser ‘Calsol’ informed, a plant requires 16 essential nutrition 13 of which are derived from soil. Normally we use granular Urea, TSP/DAP, MoP/SoP, Gypsum, Zink (Zink Sulphate-Mono/Hepta Zink), Boron(Boric Acid/Borax/Solubar Boron) etc as fertilisers. The growth of a plant can be thwarted for four main casues, e.g. lack of/ excess of nutrition, pest infestation, attack by diseases and weather/natural condition.

An agro-scientist Sohel Akhter further informed, he conducted research for eight years in the laboratory and five years at the field level and by using his own formula invented liquid fertiliser Calsol under the banner of Compact Agro Limited. He also said, Calsol is being used by thousands of farmers of the country in paddy, jute, betel, wheat, potato, mustard, maize, tea, fruits, flower and vegetables plants for the last five years and those farmers were being benefited greatly. Farmers who are using Calsol informed, the locally produced liquid fertiliser is less in price, at the same time, the crop production is being increased to 20 to 30 percent than those of using chemical granular fertiliser and the dependency of farmers on imported granular chemical fertiliser is being decreased, ultimately saving the forex