Agriculture in Africa is growing rapidly, and every year it becomes more and more important to find a balance between production efficiency and environmental care.
Modern chemical fertilizers help to increase yields quickly, but have serious drawbacks: they pollute the soil, disturb its ecological balance and reduce its fertility. There are additional stressors such as soil salinity, drought, wind, improper temperature, heavy metals, overwatering, and various weeds and phytopathogens such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and nematodes that affect plants, reducing crop yield and quality.
The overall reduction in crop productivity, causes diseases such as vascular wilt, leaf spotting, cankers, nutrient deficiencies, systemic damage, and chlorosis. Plants protect themselves against biotic stress through direct mechanisms such as synthesis of secondary metabolites, hormones and enzymes.
In recent decades, due to the increased use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers in agriculture, soils have been degraded on a huge scale, losing essential nutrients (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium), minor nutrients such as sulphur, calcium and magnesium, and micronutrients (nickel, zinc, molybdenum, manganese, iron, copper, chlorine and boron, so essential for plants), such as sulphur, calcium and magnesium, and micronutrients (nickel, zinc, molybdenum, manganese, iron, copper, chlorine and boron) that are essential for plants, resulting in declining fertility due to loss of biodiversity, water retention and disruption of biogeochemical cycles.
Against this backdrop, biofertilizers and biofungicides - natural solutions that not only increase crop yields but also make agriculture more environmentally friendly - are gaining attention.
EcoRic biofertilizers naturally produce nutrients through the mobilization of potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen fixation. They do not contaminate soil and water, support biodiversity and help restore ecosystem health.
Extreme weather conditions such as drought, heat and soil salinity seriously reduce crop yields. EcoRic biofertilizers and biofungicides increase plant resistance to these stressors by stimulating root growth and improving their interaction with soil microorganisms.
EcoRic biofertilizers contain natural enzymes and hormones that help plants defend themselves against diseases and pests, minimizing the need for chemical pesticides.
EcoRic biofertilizers significantly reduce the need for expensive chemicals, lowering the cost of production. This is especially important for export-oriented African farmers struggling to compete.
EcoRic biofertilizers provide plants with all the nutrients they need through natural processes such as potassium mobilization, nitrogen fixation and enzyme production. At the same time, they do not contaminate soil, water and air, preserving biodiversity and ecosystem health.
EcoRic biofertilizers are applied to seeds, roots, soil or by spraying to enhance bacterial and enzyme activity, which then mobilizes the nutrients needed by plants.
EcoRic biofertilizers and biofungicides activate plants' natural growth processes, improving their root systems and providing high resistance to stressors. The result is a healthier and more abundant crop that meets the demands of the global market.