{"id":11942,"date":"2026-04-28T10:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T10:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fertiglobal.com\/?p=11942"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:58:43","slug":"the-little-kingdom-that-feeds-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fertiglobal.com\/pt-br\/2026\/04\/28\/the-little-kingdom-that-feeds-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Little Kingdom that Feeds the World"},"content":{"rendered":"
News from the markets<\/h6>\n

The Little Kingdom that Feeds the World…<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u2026and how FertiGlobal is helping them!<\/p>\n

You probably know which country we\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n

Hint: it\u2019s in northern Europe, the windmill is a classic national symbol, and their sports teams are frequently cheered by exuberant orange-haired supporters.<\/p>\n

And they grow lots of tulips. Which don\u2019t help to feed the world, but this country still grows more than anyone else.<\/p>\n

Yes, the Netherlands. This tiny country, its 40,000 square kilometres placing it 31st<\/sup> in size amongst European neighbours, is second only to the United States \u2013 at 270 times the size \u2013 in the value of agricultural exports.<\/p>\n

As this week sees the Netherlands celebrate its national day, King\u2019s Day, we thought a Netherlands blog was appropriate \u2013 and, in particular, a chance to see how FertiGlobal\u2019s approach to crop production has resonated with Dutch farmers.<\/p>\n

Much of the value of the Netherlands\u2019 agricultural production can be attributed to its reliance on technology. Its 10,000 hectares of advanced greenhouses, carefully climate-controlled, can see growers coax the same yield as 100,000 hectares of conventional farmland.<\/p>\n

Yet the country\u2019s farmers aren\u2019t just focused on protected crops like salads, tomatoes and flowers. Nor is the technology limited to glasshouses. In fact, agtech adoption amongst Netherlands farmers is some of the highest in the world, with a recent survey revealing that nearly half of Dutch farmers use some form of precision-farming technologies, such as GPS mapping, guided machinery and smart soil sensors, and that 14 per cent of the country\u2019s agricultural and horticultural businesses are already using AI.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwice as much food using half as many resources\u201d has been the firm commitment of the country\u2019s agricultural industry for the last two decades. Its farmers have been practising sustainable agriculture long for longer than most of the world has even been aware of the term. They\u2019ve delivered on their commitment, too: farmers have reduced their water consumption for key crops by as much as 90 per cent, while striving to \u2013 wherever possible \u2013 eliminate the use of routine pesticides.<\/p>\n

Maximum potatoes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dutch farmers can habitually wrangle 50 tonnes from each hectare. The global average yield for potatoes? Twenty-two tonnes. With around 120,000 ha in potatoes, it\u2019s no wonder the country takes top spot in world exports of this staple crop.<\/p>\n

Naturally that provides a focus for FertiGlobal. Our Dutch partner is a co-op with more than 10,000 members. It has around 30 per cent of the market share for potato crop inputs, and that\u2019s why we\u2019re working with its subsidiary to provide extensive support for the evaluation and demonstration of products based on our EnNuVi Technology.<\/p>\n

EnNuVi \u2013 an acronym of\u00a0En<\/strong>hance,\u00a0Nu<\/strong>rture,\u00a0Vi<\/strong>talize \u2013 is the patented Technology we developed as a vehicle for our \u2018nutrient-polyphenolic molecule\u2019 (NPM). Applied to the crop, NPM activates two of the plant\u2019s main defence mechanisms against stress. Net effect? Amplified physiological responses that help the plant counter stress effects, while also producing defence substances like hydrogen peroxide, toxic to pathogens.<\/p>\n

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For the potato crop, we\u2019re concentrating on our product IANUS. Its NPM base is supplemented with a \u2018superpower hero\u2019 manganese-zinc complex. These elements play an important role in many of the plant\u2019s essential biochemical processes \u2013 photosynthesis, nitrate conversion and hormone signalling, while also preventing chlorophyll degradation to ensure plants maintain high photosynthetic activity.<\/p>\n

Tulips<\/strong><\/p>\n

The colourful flowers are more than just an Instagrammable spring tourist attraction. Sales of the bulb contribute an annual \u20ac320m in export sales.<\/p>\n

Our partner enjoys a 70% market share across the 21,000 ha under bulb production. Here, IANUS is again the FertiGlobal product of choice in tulips, where its stress-busting effects help to improve crop vitality and increase overall productivity.<\/p>\n

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Sugar beet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then there\u2019s sugar beet. Almost exclusively a crop of the northern hemisphere, where it\u2019s too cold to grow sugar cane, Europe is the world\u2019s biggest producer. And while the Netherlands can\u2019t claim the top spot for production (France takes that crown), it does \u2013 as you\u2019d expect from an agricultural country focused on efficiency \u2013 feature the highest density of sugar beet cultivation, at around 5 per cent of arable area.<\/p>\n

Sustainability is woven through Dutch sugar beet production. There\u2019s an industry research and extension service, the IRS (Institute for Rational Sugar production), that performs knowledge transfer on best practices such as agronomy techniques and new, higher-yielding varieties. Harvested beets are often transported by boat, to reduce carbon emissions. And the Netherlands\u2019 famed agri-food research institute, Wageningen University, is working on projects to see how beets can be used for more than the 20 per cent sugar they contain: they see the leftover pulp as an opportunity to extract valuable feedstocks for the chemicals industry, in due course supplanting oil and other fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a receptive sector into which to pitch the FertiGlobal Total Crop Management approach: IRS itself promotes the concept that \u2018only a healthy crop can guarantee [its] profitable cultivation and processing\u2019. Again, we\u2019ve been working with our partner \u2013 which influences about 30 per cent of the 80,000 beet hectares \u2013 to validate EnNuVi products for Dutch conditions and practices.<\/p>\n

Our selected product, MANTUS, is especially designed to promote leaf development and to keep them healthy. With plentiful, healthy leaves, the plant can maximise photosynthesis to boost sugar production; MANTUS also ensures healthy tubers, where that sugar will be stored until harvest.<\/p>\n

As with every FertiGlobal product, MANTUS has its \u2018superhero\u2019 powers. When applied to sugar beet, its strengthening of natural defences can help the crop maintain its leaves and foliage when under attack from diseases such as Cercospora.<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve already successfully shown<\/a> how MANTUS can support the action of fungicides in red beet, a related crop. Our work with our partner will seek to replicate and validate those results for sugar beet. Beyond that, we\u2019ve a whole sugar beet crop programme<\/a> that brings in our other Technologies, to provide the Total Crop Management approach.<\/p>\n

One step at a time\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

As our reach around the world continues to extend, it\u2019s fascinating to see how different aspects of the FertiGlobal mission are pertinent to the countries in which we\u2019re working. Here in the Netherlands, where they\u2019ve made it their mission to help feed the world alongside such agricultural behemoths as the United States and Brazil, we\u2019re proud to be helping them fulfil their commitment to sustainable agriculture, using fewer harsh chemicals without forsaking healthy crops or productive yields.<\/p>\n

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