Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Millions

We often talk about the different fertilizers and plant nutrition solutions in the ICL Growing Solutions portfolio, describing how they can improve crop quality, resistance to environmental stresses, or crop yields. We may highlight trials demonstrating these points or include testimony from growers who describe the difference a particular fertilizer strategy has made to their harvests.

This may give the impression that the work of the ICL Growing Solutions agriculture teams is all about improving crop yields through the best use of fertilizers. Perhaps, in some ways, it is. But if we take a step back to look at the broader impact of ICL’s crop nutrition solutions, we see a rather different picture.

The contribution ICL’s plant nutrition solutions make extends far beyond merely boosting crop yields, they are instrumental in providing sustenance to millions of people worldwide. It becomes less about the nutrients plants need to grow and more about the nutrients people need to live.

ICL’s crop nutrition solutions play a vital role in enabling agricultural production equivalent to the nutritional needs of 158 million people every day.

That works out to be:

• approximately 173 billion meals per year
• an annual crop yield of 90 million metric tons
• a staggering total of 115 trillion calories produced per year.

These numbers represent the tangible contribution ICL’s plant nutrition solutions make to feeding the world, providing sustenance to millions of people.

In essence, the tireless work of ICL’s dedicated teams of experts goes beyond traditional agriculture. Their commitment to innovation and delivering sustainable solutions helps address global hunger and malnutrition, taking significant steps towards a world free from food insecurity.