Fertilizers & Pesticides

Vlogger demonstrates critical role of potash in global food security

Egyptian vlogger Mohamed Jihad explores Arab Potash Company's (APC) expansive production facilities in Jordan

Located close to the Dead Sea, Jordan is a rich source of potassium salt, propelling the APC to become the eighth largest potash producer globally. In Jihad's video, he examines the company's facilities near the Dead Sea, checking out its cutting-edge R&D centre and observing the central control room that managed the intricate potash production process.

Potassium is an important nutrient which plays a vital role in plant growth. Therefore, potash fertiliser is commonly used to boost crop yields and enhance quality, thereby improving the overall health and productivity of crops. The video also highlights the project as being a successful joint venture by China and Jordan, demonstrating its success in building economic cooperation between the two countries.

Harnessing natural plant-bacteria relationships for sustainable agriculture

The team of researchers investigated the efficiency of plant-bacteria relationships. (Image source: University of Warwick)

Helping to promote the natural relationship between plants and bacteria could reduce reliance on environmentally damaging fertilisers, a study has found

Cinis Fertiliser signs agreement with BASF for deliveries of sodium sulphate

BASF’s deliveries will secure Cinis Fertilizer’s future growth and production of climate-friendly mineral fertilisers. (Image source: Cinis Fertilizer)

Cinis Fertiliser has signed a long-term agreement with BASF for deliveries of sodium sulphate

CABI launches Crop Sprayer App to help prevent pesticide overuse

A smallholder farmer treats his crop to protect it from being devastated by crop pests (Image source: CABI)

CABI has launched the Crop Sprayer App – the latest tool in the PlantwisePlus Toolkit – aimed at helping smallholder farmers calculate how much pesticide to use when treating their crops and protecting them from pests and diseases

Cultivating sustainable agriculture: low-carbon nitrogen fertilisers

The collaboration will seek to reduce GHG emissions by producing and distributing low-carbon nitrogen fertiliser. (Image source: Adobe Stock)

CF Industries, one of the world’s largest producers of nitrogen fertiliser, is working with CHS Inc., the nation’s leading agribusiness cooperative, to accelerate quantifiable and certifiable agriculture and food system greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions through the production and distribution of low-carbon nitrogen fertiliser

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