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Why Your Phosphorus Is Not Working: Acidic Soils in the Kenyan Highlands
A farmer in Embu applies the same phosphorus he applied last year, and the year before. The maize still stunts. He assumes he needs more fertilizer. He almost certainly does not, because on strongly acidic ground most of the phosphorus he buys never reaches the crop...
Cashew Nutrition on the Makonde Plateau: Boron, Zinc and Kernel Outturn
Walk a cashew farm in Mtwara or Lindi at flowering and you will see thousands of flowers on a single tree. Come back at harvest and count the nuts. The gap between those two numbers is where most of Tanzania's cashew income disappears. Cashew is Tanzania's largest...
Dry Matter and Export Grade: The Nutrition Behind Kenyan Avocado Compliance
A Kenyan avocado consignment can fail before it leaves the country, and the reason is often a single number on an inspector's report. Dry matter content. Fruit that tests below the threshold for its variety does not clear for export, and a grower who harvests early...
Stone Fruit and Table Grapes in Jordan’s Highlands: A Season-Long Feeding Plan
Jordan's farming is not all in the warm Jordan Valley. Up on the highlands around Amman, Madaba, Al-Salt, and the northern governorates, the cooler climate and higher elevation suit a different set of crops: stone fruit like peach, apricot, plum, and almond, alongside...
Feeding Sudan’s Clay Soils: Sesame, Sorghum, and the Nutrition Gap on the Gezira Plains
Sudan sits on some of the most fertile irrigated land in Africa. The Gezira Scheme, spread across the clay plain between the Blue and White Niles, is one of the largest irrigation projects in the world, and the semi-mechanized belt to its east has long been called the...
Is Water-Soluble Fertilizer Worth the Price in India? A Straight Answer for Distributors
Every fertilizer distributor in Maharashtra, Gujarat, or Karnataka has heard the objection. A farmer looks at the price of water-soluble fertilizer, compares it to a bag of conventional urea or DAP, and says the soluble product costs too much. The objection is real....
Pomegranate Nutrition in India: Getting Fruit Set and Rind Quality Right for Export
India grows more pomegranates than any other country, close to half the world's supply, and Maharashtra alone accounts for the bulk of it. Most of that fruit is sold at home, but the export share going to the Gulf, Europe, and increasingly North America is where the...
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...