SUPER-FOOD-PLATFORM FOR PLANTS
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Plantov offers a bio-degradable SAP material for the Agriculture (Ag-tech) & water-efficiency industries.
SAP’s can absorb & retain extremely large amounts of a water; over 500 times its own weight.
By using Plantov’s SAP, growers can increase the water resource efficiency, in both irrigated & dry farming.
Plantov’s SAP is distributed in the soil around the plant and absorb & retain the water as hydrogel.
The water is then naturally-pumped by the plant according to its need.
Plantov’s SAP can also be capsulized with fertilizers & pesticides and decrease its usage while keeping the same efficiency.
Moreover, Plantov’s SAP secure the plant with stable water supply and avoid “plant stress” which is the #1 grower pain as it cause yield decrease among other negative effects.
Product advantages
Plantov’s SAP is not harming the soil - no Sodium residuals!, no plastic residuals!,
Plantov’s SAP is 100% bio-degradable keeps its absorbency quality upon re-use, until it is
seasonally biodegrade without any external intervention (comparables may bio-degrade
in well over 100 years!).
Plantov’s SAP is also 100% bio-compatible, for plants environment; Residual monomer free, no
toxic or pollutants materials. (residual monomer may create hazards to farmers and to crops)
Plantov’s SAP is Adjustable to each class of plants by rate of biodegradation material content
and subscribed to soil consolidation.
Current common SAP pain
Current common Sodium Poly-Acrylate based SAP’s have the following negative side effects that limits its usage & potential;
They cause soil degradation (Na⁺ = salt that degrade the soil), have built-in chemistry
limitations; once exposed to di-valent ions soluble in water (i.e. Calcium Ca2+),
stops absorbing.
Forming useless non-biodegradable plastic, Contain residual monomers; >400 ppm and leaving
residual pollutants in the soil upon its eventual degradation.
Global food resources, fresh water & water efficiency pain;
Crop production will have to double by the year 2050 to fulfill the needs of a growing and increasingly affluent population of 9 Billion people while the accessible fresh water & soil to grow crops will get smaller & soil degradation will negatively affect yield.
The need for food is expected to grow in an higher ratio then all yield improvement driven by the following Ag-tech & Agro-chemistry global ~$100B annual spent.
Rain-fed agriculture is practiced on 80 percent of the arable land and is suffering from climate change. Irrigation multiplies yields of most crops by 2 to 5 times. Irrigated agriculture contributes 40% of the world's food production & 70% of fresh water usage. Availability is subject to shortage, overuse & misuse.
Water is a major resource in natural food, e.g. about 70% of the cost of a tomato grown in a green house is water. Water’s selected footprint in food is (in liters); potato 13L, apple 70L, cup of coffee140L, glass of milk 200L, hamburger 2,400L.
Current “surface irrigation” common methods provide water efficiency of about 20% - 40%, i.e. moisture actually being absorbed by the plant. The rest, 60% - 80%, is lost by evaporation, percolating , runoffs or simply ground moisture being away from the plant roots reach.
Water efficiency is particularly critical factor in arid & semi-arid, irregular rain pattern & lack of water infrastructure regions. Sadly, those geography factors come usually together in poor areas and are all badly harming crops as lack of stable, continuous water supply cause “plant’s stress” which have major negative effect on crops yield & food supply growth!.