Experts remind farmers to use new fertilizer depends on registration certificate

How do you choose to face the many new fertilizers on the market? Experts from the National Agricultural Technology Extension Service Center believe that the only basis is whether the product has obtained a fertilizer registration certificate from the agricultural sector. In recent years, new types of fertilizer products have sprung up and brought vitality to agricultural production. At the same time, there has been confusion in the fertilizer market. Some manufacturers use high-tech signs to conduct misleading propaganda. As reported in this newspaper on September 3rd, Jiangsu Suqian farmers infringed on the interests of legitimate manufacturers and farmers because of the use of â€œGobadâ€ brand general-purpose humic acid ecological fertilizer, resulting in a reduction of 2000 acres of wheat production. In order to scientifically and effectively guide the fertilizer market towards an orderly transition, the Ministry of Agriculture issued the â€œRegulations for the Administration of Fertilizer Registrationâ€ in 2000. Except for the products exempted from registration as stipulated in the regulations, all fertilizer products produced, traded, used, and advertised within the territory of the People's Republic of China shall be registered. The registration of new fertilizer must go through the inspection of designated units of the Ministry of Agriculture and regular field tests, which fully proves its effectiveness, non-toxicity and harmlessness. According to the Department of Fertilizers of the National Agricultural Technology Center, the work on fertilizer registration and management has played a role in the healthy development of the fertilizer market. The first is to regulate management behavior. So far, only 1,000 products have been registered by the Ministry of Agriculture, and nearly 6,000 products have been registered by provinces according to their terms of reference. From the reported figures, more than 80% of the fertilizer products in some provinces have been included in the standardization of management. The second is to improve the quality of fertilizer products. The production of some new products, from disorder to order, from non-standard production to standard production, such as foliar fertilizer formulated two national standards, bio-fertilizer introduced five industry standards, there are a number of standards under development . The third is to support the new fertilizer industry, foliar fertilizer, biological fertilizer, has formed a considerable scale. Fourth, crack down on counterfeit and inferior products, prevent a large number of fake and inferior products, and pseudo-scientific and technological pit-agriculture and agricultural disasters. Foreign counterfeit fertilizer products have also been effectively blocked, effectively safeguarding agricultural safety production. The fifth is to strengthen the farmers' self-protection capabilities. Now farmers in many places know that to buy fertilizer, they must look for products registered by the agricultural sector. In addition, some useful management experience has been accumulated, laying a solid foundation for the legislation of fertilizers. Experts believe that the products registered by the agricultural sector have certain technical content. Of course, it is not ruled out that due to various reasons, there are still some fertilizer products with good quality and effect that have not yet obtained registration certificates. Many fertilizers are being registered. For different regions, different climates, different soils, different crops, different economic conditions and productivity levels, farmers have to choose more suitable fertilizer products. Requires agricultural technology promotion departments, fertilizer production and distribution companies to further do a good job in fertilizer testing, demonstration and promotion, and recommend new fertilizers that are more suitable for road use for farmers.

Posted on November 07, 2018