Mosaic and BioConsortia Expand Nitrogen Fixing Microbial Products to Asian Markets

Two U.S.-based companies have agreed to join forces to grow in the Asian market. They are The Mosaic Company from Tampa, Florida, and BioConsortia, Inc, from Davis, California. They both have entered into a new agreement to develop and launch nitrogen fixing microbial products for all crops, including corn, wheat, rice, fruit and vegetables in China, India, Thailand and Vietnam.

Nitrogen fixing microbial products for non-legume crops hold the promise to dramatically decrease the use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. BioConsortia’s microbes naturally fix atmospheric nitrogen, converting it to ammonia, and make it available to the crops during the growing season, thereby reducing growers’ reliance on the addition of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers. Almost 50% of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers are lost to the environment, often with unintended and harmful consequences, and contribute about 5% of global CO2 emissions through their energy-intensive production. These nitrogen fixing microbial products are natural, and represent a beneficial breakthrough for the growers, consumers and the planet.

Mosaic and BioConsortia announced a collaboration to develop these same nitrogen fixing products for the Americas at the end of 2020. Following a year of great progress from lab and greenhouse, and very encouraging results from our first year of field trials on corn and wheat in the United States and Canada, the companies have decided to expand the relationship to major Asian countries where Mosaic has direct go-to-market operations.    

Kim Nicholson, Vicepresidente de Tecnología e Innovación Agrícola, Estrategia y Crecimiento de Mosaic, declaró: “Nuestros agricultores han pedido alternativas fáciles de usar y rentables a los fertilizantes nitrogenados sintéticos que puedan aumentar su productividad y sus beneficios. Después del éxito que vimos en las pruebas de laboratorio, invernadero y campo el año pasado, estamos encantados con el potencial de ofrecer estos productos a nuestros clientes en los mercados de Asia. En Mosaic, nuestra misión es ayudar al mundo a cultivar los alimentos que necesita, así que este es un paso más para ayudarnos a conseguirlo”.

Marcus Meadows-Smith, director general de BioConsortia, declaró: “Mosaic ha demostrado ser un socio excepcional. Cuentan con un equipo excepcional que entiende la nutrición de los cultivos y tiene el compromiso de desarrollar y explotar plenamente nuestros microbios fijadores de nitrógeno. Estamos muy contentos de ampliar nuestra colaboración a estos mercados asiáticos clave”.