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Fertilizer Solutions for Saudi Arabia: Date Palm, Protected Vegetables, and Desert Agriculture
Saudi Arabia farms in some of the hardest conditions on earth: almost no rainfall, intense heat, salty water drawn from deep aquifers, and alkaline sandy soil. Yet the country is a major date producer and, under Vision 2030, is investing heavily in modern protected...
Rebuilding Syrian Agriculture: Fertilizer Programs for Olives, Wheat, and Vegetables
Agriculture has always been central to Syria, and it is central to the country's recovery. Long before recent decades, Syrian farms produced olives, wheat, cotton, and vegetables for the region, and the land that supported that output is still there. As farms come...
Fertilizer Programs for Kurdistan: Wheat, Vegetables, and Highland Orchards
The Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq is a different farming world from the hot southern plains. Higher ground, cooler air, and more rainfall make Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, and Duhok a natural home for wheat and barley, orchard fruit like pomegranate, apple, and grape, and...
Citrus Fertilization in Egypt: Nutrient Programs for Orange and Mandarin Export Production
Egypt has quietly become the world's largest exporter of fresh oranges, overtaking long-established producers. Egyptian Valencia and Navel oranges, along with mandarins, now ship to Russia, the Gulf, Europe, and Asia in huge volumes. The groves run from the Nile Delta...
Coffee and Pepper Fertilization in Vietnam: NPK and Micronutrient Programs for the Central Highlands
Vietnam is the world's largest producer of Robusta coffee and the largest exporter of black pepper. Both crops are concentrated in the red basalt soils of the Central Highlands, in provinces like Dak Lak, Lam Dong, and Gia Lai. These are intensive, high-yield,...
Table Grape and Cherry Fertilization in Chile: Calcium and Potassium for Export-Grade Fruit
Chile sells fruit to the world when the rest of it is in winter. Table grapes and cherries grown in the Central Valley ship north to the United States, Europe, and Asia during the Southern Hemisphere summer, arriving at a time when northern buyers have nothing local....
Fertilizer for Jordan Valley Agriculture: Manufacturing for Vegetables, Citrus, Stone Fruit
The Jordan Valley is the country's farming heartland. Sitting below sea level with a warm winter climate, it produces tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, citrus, bananas, stone fruit, and grapes, much of it early in the season when prices are high and Gulf and European...
Potato Fertilization in Algeria: Nutrient Programs for High-Yield Commercial Production
Potato is one of Algeria's most important food crops, grown across the northern plains of Mostaganem, Ain Defla, and Bouira, and in the sandy soils of El Oued for the off-season harvest. It feeds the country and supports thousands of commercial growers. Getting the...
Fertilizer Solutions for Iraqi Agriculture: Dates, Wheat, and Vegetables in Saline Conditions
Iraqi farmers grow good crops on hard ground. The Mesopotamian plain between the Tigris and Euphrates was one of the first farmed landscapes on earth, and it still produces dates, wheat, barley, and vegetables today. But much of that land now carries a heavy load of...