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Fertilizers & Pesticides

The use of biomethane plays a crucial role in reducing greenhouse gases. (Image source: WELTEC BIOPOWER)

In November 2020, a biomethane plant of the German energy plant manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER went live in Papillonnière near Vire in Normandie, France

Potassium the so-called ‘gatekeeper’ nutrient is crucial for maintaining optimal plant water relations. (Image source: Omex)

As an evergreen bush crop with young shoots and leaves routinely picked, tea (Camellia sinensis) requires full and fast nutrition by foliar feeding, says Omex Agrifluids - a world leader in the design, development and delivery of soluble nutrient products

The project will develop and distribute soil testing kits to 5,000 farmers in developing countries. (Image source: Gabriel Jimenez/Unsplash)

PhosAgro, a leading producer of mineral fertilisers, and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations have introduced the joint Soil Doctors Programme in sustainable agriculture

Ÿnsect uses 98% less land while significantly reducing the carbon footprint of protein production and generating zero waste. (Image source: Quang Nguyen Vinh/Pexels)

Insect farming startup Ÿnsect has announced an extension of its Series C funding to US$37mn, the largest amount ever raised by a non-American ‘agtech’ business

As the virus took hold as it moved across the global, agricultural and industrial sectors learned lessons from China and many were given government support. (Image source: ILO Asia-Pacific/Flickr)

Julia Meehan, managing editor, fertilisers, ICIS, has examines the impact that the pandemic has had on the fertiliser market and how this is affecting other interconnected areas such as food-supply chains

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