“Today we have a product that if you use a pound or a couple pounds [of smart fertilizer] in an acre, that’s equivalent to what you are fertilizing with a 50-pound bag,”
3 years ago - Feb 26, 2019!
Walked a long path yet many miles to go!
Full story - https://t.co/IjC6L8Njcm
Why do we need #nanotechnology for our #health?
To detect early markers.
Example:
“#Acetone” - a well known bio marker for #diabetes.
If this is 1 ppm (one in a million particle) in the breathe- you are healthy.
But if this is 2 ppm in breathe - you are having diabetes.
Why do we need #nanotechnology in #medicine & #agriculture sector?
To minimise losses and off target impacts of their input.
DYK
>80% of the #medicine doses, taken IV for brain, do not reach to their target site.
>70% of applied N & P #Fertilizer not utilised by the plants.
#Nitrogen is essential for every organism. We have 78% in atmosphere, but hardly any significant we can use as it is unless we convert into another chemical form.
When human/animal add N in different chemical form to environment, this pollute/affect the ecosystem.We can reduce!
The National #Nanotechnology Initiative has released a new Strategic Plan, which presents goals, objectives, and actions that will guide agencies and the nanotechnology community over the next five years
The future of food and agriculture – Alternative pathways to 2050 | Global Perspectives Studies | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations https://t.co/AnLolfAQbB
Get to Know the 2018 GIA Finalists: Smart Aerosol Technologies LLC | Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship https://t.co/9oEAoQc0gE
SmArT develops precision agrochemicals to provide nutrients efficiently, at low-cost & environmentally friendly way. Our goal is to feed the plant & not to dump chemicals into the soil, so we can grow more for less. This has led us to invent products for precision & agriculture.
Today is #NationalNanotechnologyDay.
I came across an interview copy, I gave in 2016. I am so grateful to many hardworking and inspiring individuals for helping me translate my thoughts into real world practice, today.
(Pics of all four pages are here for those interested).
“An #invention can occur in small glass vial, placed in a lab, but the impact is always huge & across the planet” —ramesh raliya
Pic. from my lab - reaction leading to produce nanoscale structure - helping plant to grow more, nutritious & produce enough to achieve #ZeroHunger.
Innovations often occur incidentally, but translating such observations into practice need systematic approaches with broader perspective. —ramesh
Pic from my lab bench - something interesting in a vial for the plant health.
I’ll be speaking by webcast #today - now @ 1:30 pm @acsagrodiv@AmerChemSociety Fall 2019 National Meeting at San Diego on the topic of “Nanoscale Agrochemicals for Precision Agriculture and Sustainable Environment #AGRO191.
If you are at ACS, do join. Thanks!
#ACS2019