In a historical period sadly marked by geopolitical instability, the agricultural sector is facing a progressive increase in the cost of agricultural inputs.
In particular, fertilizers, whose prices have historically been linked to the cost of energy used in production processes, risk a sharp price hike and reduced availability on the market.
Farmers therefore find themselves at a crossroads: either maintain current fertilizer usage, seeing part of their income margin eroded, or reduce the amount of fertilizers applied, accepting an inevitable decline in yields. Both scenarios result, for agricultural supply chains already under pressure, in a further loss of competitiveness.
The Greenhas Meno20% project, launched in 2022 to mitigate the impact of the reduction in the use of synthetic fertilizers proposed by the Farm to Fork strategy, is also highly relevant in the current scenario.
The goal of the project was to define a tailored fertilization and targeted biostimulation strategy aimed at:
- optimizing the nutrient resources present in the soil (natural and residual fertility)
- increasing the efficiency of nutrient use supplied with fertilization
thus allowing the maintenance of competitive production standards with a lower use of inputs.
The current Greenhas proposal consists of one organic fertilizer for foliar application, Greit VG, and two products for root application, Vivema Twin and Moltro.
Field results:
Trial on durum wheat, cv. Levante, Italy 2023 – without mineral fertilization
Greit VG: 2 applications at 3 l/ha (BBCH 31, BBCH 39–45)
Trial on processing tomato, cv. Fokker, Italy 2023 – without mineral fertilization
Vivema Twin: 5 applications at 6 l/ha (from transplanting, every 2 weeks)
Trial on greenhouse cucumber, cv. Marinda, Italy 2018 – standard fertilization
Moltro: 4 applications at 15 l/ha (from transplanting, every 2 weeks)
