ProNutiva Moving Beyond Conventional Crop Protection

1. ProNutiva:MovingBeyondConventionalCropProtection • Everycrophasspecificrequirementsthatwouldbeconsideredideal foritsgrowth.Meetingthose requirementswhen therearevaryingenvironmental factorsinvolvedisachallenge.UPL’scropprotection productshavebeenevolvingtohelpgrowersmeetthischallenge.Herbicides,fungicides,insecticides,and acaricides areavailable indifferentformsandcanevenprovidebroad-spectrumprotectionandresistance management.Many ofthesecropprotection productsalsohaveflexibleformulationsso thelocalized needscanbemet.Lookingtomovebeyondconventional cropprotection,weinvestedincreating biosolutionsthatcontributetocrophealthinbothdirectand indirectways.Thefutureofagricultureand cropprotection iscombiningthebestof boththesetechnologies.Withthisinmind,welaunchedour integratedcrophealthsolutionprogram,ProNutiva. • IntegratingBiosolutionsforSustainableCropProtection • While they are not an alternative to conventional crop protection, the complementary use of biosolutions can reduce the use of fertilizers, enable the crops to grow better, and increase their resistance. This providesamoresustainableapproachthatisbeneficial forgrower’sneedsaswellastheenvironment. • ProNutiva’sportfolioincludesmultipletypesofbiosolutions: • Bioprotection • Biostimulation • Bionutrition • Thesebiosolutionstogetherwiththeintegratedmanagementofpests,weeds,and diseasesleadtoan increaseinthe yieldandqualityof crops. • ACustomized SolutionforEachCrop • No two crops are the same and the crop protection methods that they require are different. UPL supports theneedoftoday’sgrowersthrough ProNutivaby providing customized cropprotection solutionsfor them.ProNutivaisn’tjustaboutcombiningproducts,theproperintegrationofbiosolutionsandcrop protectionproductsandseed treatmentsolutionscanmatch andin somecases,evenexceed the expected benefits.AProNutivaprogramisatailoredapproachto plantprotectionandnutritionthatiscustomized fortherequirementsofthecrops.Itcan covertheneedsoftheplantsthroughouttheentirecropcycleor at specific developmental stages. The application can be done by seed treatment, in the row, by fertigation,orbyspraying. Theapplicationsthemselvescanbeofseparateorcombined biosolutionsand cropprotectionproducts. • Apartfromthis,ProNutiva hasalso seensuccessintrialsconducted in Hungary and Poland.As ProNutivacanimprovegrowingeconomicsand helpmeettheneedsofglobal foodchainrequirementsin addition to supporting sustainable agriculture practices, we look forward to bringing it to more growers aroundtheworldwhocanbenefitfrom it.