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Innovative solutions in nutrient testingPUTTING NUTRIENT INTELLIGENCE INTO THE HANDS OF THE WORLD’S FARMING COMMUNITY
What is an healthy and resilient soil?
Soil Fertility
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Bringing nutrient information into the hands of farmers worldwide
• Analysing nutrients
• in soil, feed and leaf
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Launch of services in Kenya, Ukraine & The
Netherlands
WinnerAccenture
innovation awards
Shareholder
Nimbus joins
Founded
as SoilCares
Commercial
Partnership with Trouw Nutrition
Services extended with Feed & Leaf
SoilCares becomes AgroCares
Loan Dutch Good Growth Fund
2013 2014 -2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
AgroCares Timeline4
Shareholder VerisInvestments joins
Featured in National Geographic
2013-2017: Soil testing in
over 15 countries
Development of scanner, LiaB, GSL
and recommendationtools
Test market Kenya
Soil testing inover 20 countries
Global launch of Feed testing
Launch of LeafCares
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2 products for nutrients analysis using sensor spectral technology
AgroCares Scanner with NIR sensor
AgroCares Lab-in-a-Box with MIR & XRF spectrometer
From Scan to Fertiliser Recommendation
1. Sensor technology
2. Conversion of an electromagnetic spectrum into soil data1. Calibration database
2. Prediction models
3. Interpretation of soil data into applications
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The SoilCares Advisor Africa application
Parameters analysed:
▪ Nitrogen (N)
▪ Phosphorus (P)
▪ Potassium (K)
▪ pH
▪ Organic matter level
▪ CEC
Nutrient Need RecommendationSoil status
Proof of concept8
Yield increases are 25% or more compared to current practice. Farmers report much higher
impacts.
Happy farmers
Proof of concept
Impact = Effect * Scale-> How to reach the smallholder farmers?
Adding value with use of AgroCares services to support the SHF
To scale up our business we are always looking for partnerships
AgronomyUnderstanding the value chain In-house Agronomical competences
Innovation strategyUnderstanding & applying the digitalization in the industry
InvestmentCAPAX for sensor toolsLicenses for services
Drive for AG tech
innovation
Capacity to invest in services
In-house Agronomical
expertise
Successful market and partner development are driven by
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A demonstration12
Soil