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Fertilizers
Engro has been a key player in the fertilizer industry for over five decades reflecting its longstanding commitment to enhancing Pakistan’s agricultural sector. The company’s journey in the fertilizer business began with the establishment of its first urea production facility in 1968, which was the first of its kind in Pakistan, with a capacity of 173,000 tons per year.
Over the years, Engro Fertilizers has continuously expanded and modernized its operations to meet the growing demands of Pakistan’s agriculture sector. Notably, the company increased the urea production capacity of its base plant to 950,000 tons per annum.
The company operates two urea plants in Daharki, the Base plant and EnVen, and one NPK plant, Zarkhez, located at Port Qasim, Karachi. The total capacity of its urea plants is impressive at 2.275 million MT, highlighting Engro Fertilizers’ role as a key urea producer in the region.
In addition, Engro trades in a wide variety of other fertilizers as mentioned below.
Urea
Urea is the most concentrated solid nitrogen fertilizer, with 46% N composition. This is the most concentrated solid nitrogen fertilizer. Urea nitrogen enters the plant either directly, or in the form of ammonium or nitrate after urea degradation by soil microbes. The key to most efficiently using urea is to incorporate it into the soil during a tillage operation. You can also blend it into the soil with irrigation water. As little as 0.25 inches of rainfall is sufficient to blend urea deep enough into the soil so ammonia losses won’t occur.
Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP)
Most concentrated phosphate-based fertilizer. It is perfect for any agriculture crop to provide full phosphorus nutrition throughout crop growth and development, as well as a starter dose of nitrogen and low sulphur. It can be applied in autumn for tilling and in spring during sowing, as well as for pre-sowing cultivation. Dissolving in soil, it provides temporary alkalization of pH of the soil solution around the fertilizer granule, thus stimulating better uptake of phosphorus from the fertilizers on acid soils. Fertilizer’s sulphur also contributes to the better intake of nitrogen and phosphorus by plants.
Mono-Ammonium Phosphate (MAP)
Best solid granular fertilizer to provide crops with phosphorus and nitrogen that are easy to uptake. These nutrients are vital for quick sprouting and vegetation. The temporary moderate acidification of the soil solution around the fertilizer granule brings the largest effect for nutrition systems on soils with the neutral and faintly alkaline reaction. Ammonia nitrogen contributes to better phosphorus intake by plants.
Triple Super Phosphate (TSP)
TSP has several agronomic advantages that made it such a popular P source for many years. It has the highest P content of dry fertilizers that don’t contain nitrogen (N). Over 90 percent of the total P in TSP is water soluble, so it becomes rapidly available for plant uptake. As soil moisture dissolves the granule, the concentrated soil solution becomes acidic. TSP also contains 15 percent calcium (Ca), providing an additional plant nutrient.
Phosphate Rock
Phosphate rock (or phosphorite) is used to denote any rock with high phosphorus content. The largest and least expensive source of phosphorus is obtained by mining and concentrating phosphate rock from the numerous phosphate deposits of the world. The most important use of phosphate rock, though, is in the production of phosphate fertilizers for agriculture.
Nitro-phosphate (NP)
The production and application of nitro-phosphate fertilizers is largely regional, its use centered where this technology is advantageous. The process uses nitric acid instead of sulfuric acid for treating phosphate rock and doesn’t produce gypsum byproducts. Nitro-phosphate fertilizers can contain a wide range of nutrients, depending on their intended use. Its important growers select the proper composition for each specific crop and soil requirement. The granular form goes directly on the soil’s surface. It’s also commonly mixed within the root zone or applied as a concentrated band beneath the soil surface prior to planting.
Muriate of potash (MOP)
Muriate of Potash, also known as Potassium Chloride, is one of the most employed potash fertilizer and can be used to farm a variety of foods, particularly chloride-loving vegetables such as sugar beets, corn, celery and Swiss chard. It can be beneficial for soil that is low in chloride, helping to build resistance to disease in plants.
Nitrate of Potash (NOP)
Nitrate of Potash or Potassium nitrate is a soluble source of two major essential plant nutrients. It’s commonly used as a fertilizer for high-value crops that benefit from nitrate nutrition and a source of potassium free of chloride.
Sulphate of Potash (SOP)
Sulphate of Potash is considered a premium-quality potash. It contains two key nutrients for growing crops: potassium and sulfur. Using SOP improves both quality and crop yield and makes plants more resilient to drought, frost, insects and even disease. SOP has been known to improve the look and taste of foods and can boost a plant’s ability to absorb key nutrients like phosphorus and iron. Most often, SOP is used on high-value crops like fruits, vegetables, nuts, tea, coffee and tobacco. It works better on crops that are sensitive to chloride, which can be toxic to some fruit and vegetable plants.
Nitrogen Phosphorous Potassium (NPK)
NPK fertilizers contain all three major macro nutrients or Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P) and Potassium (K). The numbers on the indicate the mixture ratio for example 5-10-5 stands for 5% nitrogen, 10% phosphorus, and 5% potassium, always in that order.
Ammonium Sulphate
Ammonium sulfate was one of the first and most widely used nitrogen (N) fertilizers for crop production. It’s now less common but especially valuable where both N and sulfur (S) are required.
Sulphur
Sulphur (S) is an essential plant nutrient required by all crops for optimum production. Plants take up and use S in the sulphate (SO4 -S) form, which like nitrate (NO3 -N), is very mobile in the soil and is prone to leaching in wet soil conditions, particularly in sandy soils.
Urea Phosphate (UP)
Urea Phosphate is a fertilizer with an NPK formulae 17-44-0. It is a water-soluble fertilizer which provides an excellent source of Nitrogen and Phosphorous.
Potassium Nitrate (NOP)
Potassium nitrate (KNO₃) is a water-soluble source of two major essential plant nutrients. It’s commonly used as a fertilizer for high-value crops that benefit from nitrate (NO₃-) nutrition and a source of potassium (K+) free of chloride (Cl⁻). Applications of KNO₃ to the soil are made before the growing season or as a supplement during the growing season. A diluted solution is sometimes sprayed on plant foliage to stimulate physiological processes or to overcome nutrient deficiencies.
Technical Mono-Ammonium Phosphate (MAP)
Technical monoammonium phosphate is an entirely water-soluble, crystalline product. It is used as raw material to produce watersoluble NPK fertilizers for protected ground and open fields (in greenhouses, hydroponics, irrigation systems) and as a raw material for the preparation of liquid complex fertilizers. It has an NPK value of 12-61-0. Due to the near-complete absence of insoluble impurities, the complete dissolution of monoammonium phosphate is ensured, and absorption into impregnated materials such as fabrics, plywood, or wood is improved.