The current fertilisation is realised by spreading fertilizers over the fields, causing a large amount of fertilizer loss and rice field pollution.

Researchers from the Nanjing Agricultural University adjusted the ratio of slow-release fertilizer and controlled-release fertilizer.

Instead of fertilizing the traditional four to five times, now they only need to fertilize once, and the nutrient release from the fertilizers is synchronized with the peak period of rice fertilizer uptake.

Using the new fertilization method, the fertilizer bags are thrown into the soil during rice planting to provide all the nutrition during the total growth cycle of rice.

Provinces including Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Heilongjiang have applied the new fertilization method to grow rice.

Compared with previous methods, the one-time fertilization can save 20 per cent of nitrogen fertilizer for machine-planted rice.

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The company in a statement in Abuja on Thursday commended the Nigerian government for supporting the establishment of garment and leather factories in some parts of the country.

Our correspondent reports that Erojim Investments in partnership with Poly Technologies Ltd. is a foremost footwear and garment manufacturer in China.

The company said that the FEC approved the manufacture of all military and paramilitary garment and footwear needs of the country from the company.

The company ascribed the success of the project to the doggedness of both the Comptroller of the Nigeria Correctional Services, Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed and the Mr Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior.

“President Buhari is happy that this is happening during his tenure because apart from making garments and footwear available for our military and paramilitary services, it will also create jobs.

“It will retain capital flights and prevent the country from wasting foreign exchange on these items,’’ it said.

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