Symactiv Pellets: A biostimulant in which biology is the main driver of soil health

Summary

The pressure on the food sector is increasing: with a growing population and environmental challenges, building a sustainable and healthy crop sector is an utmost priority. Currently, most farmers rely on chemical fertilizers and pesticides to increase crop yields and protect crops. Nevertheless, these chemicals are costly and have broad negative environmental impacts. In particular, every day we lose hundreds of thousands of hectares of soil due to agricultural practices. At this rate, most of our agricultural land would be degraded by 2050, affecting food production for billions of people. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop new agricultural amendments that are both safe and effective.
At Symactiv, we aim to regenerate soil with a chemical–free fertilizer to help farmers increase their yields. We developed a microbial-enriched Swiss pellet. Our results show a 15-20% increase in yield across different crops after using Symactiv pellets. This result increases to 30% in our Zucchini trials. In our trials, we also observed a 20% increase in water retention. The rhizosphere microbiome diversity analysis of treated crops shows that Symactiv pellets are a major driver of the fungal community structure in the soil. These results position our pellet as a safe and effective fertilizer to strengthen the Swiss agricultural sector.