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SMARTROOTS (PTY) LTD produces and distributes organic and bio fertilisers to smallholder farmers for use in a variety of agricultural production systems, including field crops and indoor farming. Our SmartRoot™ organic biofertilizer products are specially engineered to boost fertiliser use efficiency, crop tolerance to water stress, and resistance to hazardous diseases, allowing farmers to increase yields in a cost-effective and ecologically responsible manner.
Farmers spend a significant amount of money on their fertiliser programme. However, up to 70% of the nutrients in the applied fertiliser are lost to the environment as a result of leaching, nutrient lockout, etc., resulting in multiple environmental concerns and lost yield potential and earnings for the farmer.
Having discovered this, we developed SmartRoot™ Booster bio organic fertiliser as a remedy. This is a mixture of four indigenous species of mycorrhizal fungi chosen for maximum performance over a broad variety of bioclimatic zones throughout the seasons.
SmartRoot™ booster improves fertiliser use efficiency through biological means by enhancing the plant’s ability to absorb and utilise soil nutrients and water.
This booster can be administered by mixing it with existing synthetic and organic fertiliser, thereby reducing the amount of fertiliser required. Based on efficacy experiments, the usage of SmartRoots booster increased yield per hectare by an average of 50% while reduced synthetic fertiliser application by 25%. The benefits for the farmer include a reduction in input costs, an increase in production, and increased earnings, all while avoiding the negative environmental impact of synthetic chemical fertiliser.
Our Mission
Increase global food production in environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable methods to ensure food security.
Our Vision
We believe that smallholder farmers facilitate food security. Our objective is to provide smallholder and subsistence farmers with access to sustainable agricultural inputs to enhance the profitability and productivity of their agricultural operations.
Our Mission
Increase global food production in environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable methods to ensure food security.
Our Vision
We believe that smallholder farmers facilitate food security. Our objective is to provide smallholder and subsistence farmers with access to sustainable agricultural inputs to enhance the profitability and productivity of their agricultural operations.
The formulation contains four carefully selected species of mycorrhizal fungi, an indigenous group of fungi that forms a symbiotic connection with more than 90% of plant species.
How it Works
The Department of Agriculture has registered SmartRoot™ Booster as a group 3 fertiliser in accordance with the Fertilizer and Farm Feeds Act of 1947.
SmartRoot™ is a carbon-rich bioorganic solution including helpful soil microorganisms. This formulation’s carbon source is stable carbon, a non-digestible type of carbon. Stable carbon is the organic carbon component that is resistant to further microbial breakdown. The formulation contains four carefully selected species of mycorrhizal fungi, an indigenous group of fungi that forms a symbiotic connection with more than 90% of plant species. Through biological processes, the fungus mobilises nutrients and water from the soil for plant use, hence enhancing agronomic efficiency (unit increase in yield per unit fertiliser applied). Rather than only utilising 20% of the applied fertiliser, up to 90% of the applied fertiliser is utilised by plants, resulting in increased crop yields, lower input costs, and less negative environmental impacts of fertiliser application in agricultural production.
The stable carbon consists of a cluster of carbon capillaries that are hollow. These capillaries provide nutrient storage capacity and a perfect environment for the establishment and growth of beneficial soil bacteria. These capillary walls are composed of carbon and feature minute pores. By means of a mechanism known as adsorption, these pores have the capacity to absorb and store nutrients in high concentration. In addition, when the concentration of these nutrients in the soil decreases, they desorb and return to the soil, providing a mechanism for delayed release. This helps to prevent fertiliser loss and prolongs the availability of nutrients to plants.
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