Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOEE20250312012
- Term of Validity
- 12 March 2025 - 12 March 2026
- Company's Country
- Estonia
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- An Estonian startup has validated a bio based soil improver in Estonia with consistent 20 plus per cent yield increase. They are now seeking agricultural R&D partners in Southern Europe to help design new trials with cucumber, tomato, paprika, banana etc. An R&D funding scheme exists to support such. The agricultural establishment is expected to have good links to their farming communities.
- Full Description
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As the climate and erosion pressures mount, there is a rapidly growing demand for new and improved bio fertilisers and stimulants.
Following field tests in Estonia with results to be published shortly in a peer-reviewed journal, a business has been started to develop further and bring to the market a new bio-based soil improver. Crucially, it is rich in humic and fulvic substances that are in a solid yet soluble state. Due to proprietary green chemistry reactions, the molecular weight of the substances is in such a window as to result in a battery of beneficial properties for the plants. Documented trials with 20 plus per cent yield increase have been concluded on mustard, strawberry and rose.
A handful of pellets gets added to each seedling during the planting. The intended use is to support also plants such as tomato, cucumber, paprika, shrubs and bushes of berries, trees.
It is believed that the new soil improver will be of as great or greater benefit in geographic areas of frequent drought and/or soil erosion. A group of farmers on the Canaries is interested in the new product. The Estonian startup seeks universities or technical centres in Southern Europe and/or North Africa to aid with design of trials with further crops. It is expected that they will tap into their local farming community. An R&D programme exists to fund such trials to a great extent. - Advantages and Innovations
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Compared to many new products that can result in greater yields, the new product has worked well every single time thus far.
Compared to humic and fulvic substances on the market, the solid yet soluble form does not get washed off so that the topup of the soil improver will be much lesser over the following years. - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
- Type of cooperation: R&D
- Stage of Development
- Under development
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 15: Life on Land
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- IPR status
- Secret know-how
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- Role of partner sought: agricultural research and technical centres are sought to carry out further pot and field trials. They should be able to have close links with their farming communities to support adoption of the new soil improver post trials.
- Type and Size of Partner
- University
- R&D Institution
- Type of partnership
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 07001005 - Horticulture
- 07001007 - Precision agriculture
- Market keywords
- 07006 - Other Consumer Related (not elsewhere classified)
- 07004006 - Garden and horticultural products
- Sector Groups Involved
- Agri-Food
- Targeted countries
- All countries