TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The hydrophilic material comprises a fluorine compound, a surfactant, silica, and an antifoaming agent. The granular fertilizer further comprises an inorganic material consisting of talc, clay, lime, calcium carbonate and zeolite, an inner coat layer formed on a surface of the core, and an outer coat layer formed on a surface of the inner coat layer. The inner and outer coat layers are made of the coating composition comprising the acrylic polymer. The inner coat layer is a single layer or multilayers.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The surfactant is an anionic surfactant or a non-ionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance value of greater than or equal to 10. The anionic surfactant includes sodium dodecyl sulfate, sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, sodium oleic sulfate, potassium dodecyl sulfate, dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, sodium stearate, potassium stearate, and polyoxyethylene alkyl phenyl ether ammonium sulfate.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Components: The glass transition temperature of: the first coating composition is 5-40 degrees C; and the second coating composition is 40-80 degrees C. The acrylic polymer includes polymerized monomers including monomers containing a reactive unsaturated acrylic monomer and a monomer containing carboxyl group. The monomer containing carboxyl group includes methacrylic acid, vinyl benzoic acid, itaconic acid, maleic acid, and/or malic acid. The reactive unsaturated acrylic monomer is present in an amount of 0.1-100 pts. wt. The reactive unsaturated acrylic monomer includes 1-18C alkyl acrylate, alkyl methacrylate, cycloalkyl acrylate, cycloalkyl methacrylate, alkoxyalkyl acrylate, alkoxyalkyl methacrylate ester, 2-8C hydroxy alkyl acrylate, hydroxy alkyl methacrylate ester, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, and trifluoro-ethyl methacrylate. The non-ionic surfactant includes polyoxyethylene alkyl ether, polyoxyethylene alkyl phenyl ether, polyoxyethylene fatty acid ester, and polyoxyethylene polypropylene copolymer. The antifoaming agent includes silicone emulsion, mineral oil, and polysiloxane. Preferred Method: The heat treatment is performed until a moisture content of the granular fertilizer becomes less than 10 wt%. The drying step is accomplished at 30-100 degrees C for 5-100 minutes. ACTIVITY - Fertilizer.    MECHANISM OF ACTION - None given.    EXAMPLE - No suitable example given.