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Notes on soil, markets, and how food systems hold
Fertilizer geopolitics, living soil, urban farming, and organic living — each piece ends with a path to partnership.
Fertilizer markets · Aug 10, 2026
Cluster farms become companies: what that means for soil, inputs, and Eco Green partners
Ethiopia is moving to turn Kuta Getem cluster farms into farmer-owned agribusiness companies. The headline is governance and markets. The implication for growers and dealers is sharper: commercial farms need commercial soil strategy — not only more bags.
Agronomy · Aug 8, 2026
Ethiopia’s soil health roadmap is blunt: efficiency beats “more bags”
A day after regenerative demos in Jimma made headlines, the national Fertilizer and Soil Health Roadmap is the quieter brief that matters for Meher: site-specific nutrition, acid-soil repair, and programmes that stretch every unit of input — including liquid organics — instead of chasing volume alone.
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Soil · Aug 7, 2026
Regenerative proof from Jimma: soil health is the yield strategy, not a side quest
On the day AfDB and Japanese partners spotlight climate-smart regenerative farming in Ethiopia — with wheat up ~89% and maize more than tripling on demo plots — the lesson for growers is blunt: biology-backed soil management is how yield becomes resilient.
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Fertilizer markets · Jul 28, 2026
When the Strait tightens: fertilizer shocks and what African growers can still control
Global nitrogen and phosphate trade runs through fragile chokepoints. When shipping and gas feedstock wobble, prices follow — and soil strategy becomes a resilience plan, not a slogan.
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Soil · Jun 12, 2026
Living soil is not a metaphor — it is a nutrient delivery system
NPK numbers on a label describe chemistry. Yield over seasons describes whether biology was invited to the table.
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Urban farming · May 3, 2026
Urban farming needs precision, not surplus bags
Balconies, school gardens, and peri-urban plots win on timing and cleanliness — liquid organics fit the constraint.
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Organic living · Mar 18, 2026
Organic living starts underground
Kitchen choices and field choices meet in the same idea: feed systems that can renew themselves.
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