evidence: Neem-coated urea (NCU) is very popular in India and is garnering continuous attention from scientific communities across the world (Ramappa et al., 2022). Sireesha et al. (2020) reported that 100% of NCU increased NUE (32.59 %) when compared with 100% of prilled urea (20.68 %). In addition to NUE, the grain yield of lowland rice was increased by 14% in 100% NCU in comparison with 100% prilled urea. Conducting research with eco-friendly NCU in wetland transplanted rice cultivation, Shivay et al. (2001) showed that NCU increased NUE and rice grain yield. [...] Ramappa, K. B., Jadhav, V., and Manjunatha, A. V. (2022). A benchmark study on economic impact of Neem Coated Urea on Indian agriculture. Sci. Rep. 12, 1–14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-12708-1 [...] Sireesha, A., Krishna, J. R., and Satyanarayana, P. V. (2020). Effect of neem coated urea on nitrogen uptake, nitrogen use efficiency and yield of rice under low land ecosystem of Godavari Delta of Andhra Pradesh. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 9, 2086–2091. doi: 10.20546/ijcmas.2020.908.237