AGRICULTURE

REQUIRES CONTROLLED DELIVERY

Fertiliser/Seed Potential Uses

MARKET TRENDS / DRIVERS

  • Outlaw of slow release fertilisers with Non degradable coatings - “Osmocote”.

  • Legislation / Monitoring of Active Ingredient and Fertiliser run-off. Eg Barrier Reef Nutrients & Europe for AI’s

  • Market Need for controlled release delivery of farm inputs ( fertilisers, nutrients, actives).

  • Need to control release profiles. Slow release, Induction Periods, Triggered Events.

  • Need to formulate multiple farm inputs – up to 11 components delivered onto farms.

  • Need for compatibility of multiple components.

  • Delivery compatible with conventional water spray systems

  • Potential for development of alternative delivery systems – Powder coating technology being in horticulture.

 

WHY HIGH ASPECT FIBRES?

  • Water Dispersible, slow release degradable to release actives

  • Ability to overcoat and control porosity to control release profile / kinetics

  • Can load actives during fibre production

  • Option to formulate / blend to produce desired products

  • Spraying onto crops – Improved adhesion and reduced fragmentation on leaf

  • Greater controlled structure for release compared to droplets/ blobs

  • Competitor Technology

  • Particles containing Active Ingredients

  • Issues of dispersion and solubility in water for spraying