Valagro, Biostimulant Suppliers Form Consortium

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Valagro has joined a consortium of like-minded companies and trade associations aimed at generating awareness of an emerging class of agricultural inputs, biostimulants.

Biostimulants are demonstrated to enhance plant nutrition, improve plant health, improve soil fertility and generally create favourable growing conditions and plant resistance to stress, but do not easily fit into traditional definitions of fertilizers or crop protection products, according to Valagro.

Biostimulant suppliers from across Europe, including Valagro, have joined forces to create a consortium to participate proactively in relevant regulatory discussions with a view to the creation of a robust European market for their products.

“The consortium will represent a big opportunity for our sector to be officially recognized,” said Valagro CEO Giuseppe Natale and chairman of the board of the consortium in a statement. “We are not only producing fertilizers. We’re trying to feed more with less.”

The products are referred to by various terms including biostimulants, plant growth enhancers, yield enhancers, plant strengtheners and others. Fundamentally, they help improve crop efficiency and resilience. However, existing national and European regulations on agricultural inputs are ill-adapted to their defining characteristics, according to Valagro. As a result, registration procedures and market entry conditions vary significantly from one European Union country to another.

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The founding members of the consortium are:
• AgraQuest
• Agrinos AS
• Arysta LifeScience Corporation
• Biolchim SPA
• Green Has Italia SPA
• ILSA SPA
• Italpollina SPA
• Sicit 2000 SPA
• Tradecorp Internacional
• Valagro SPA

Inquiries regarding Valagro’s participation in the consortium, please contact Scilla Masciantonio, CEO Assistant ([email protected]).

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