Nano Fertilizer Technology was invented by a team of Sri Lankan scientists, introducing the word nano urea to the world for the first time.
She stated that it was a group including Prof. Nilawala Kottegoda.
She added that the technology had not been invented anywhere in the world until then and that three patents had been issued by the US Patent for the first time in Sri Lanka.
However, Prof. Nilwala Kottegoda stated that the patent obtained in this manner was given to the Indian company.