Kankyo Daizen's fertilizer wins over farmers in Vietnam and Cambodia
ASAHIKAWA, Japan -- An organic products company based in northern Japan hopes its environmentally friendly fertilizer made from cow urine will catch on with farmers in Southeast Asia. Kitchen Fertilizer Machine
The liquid fertilizer, Tsuchi Ikikaeru -- or "soil comes back to life" -- is sold in five countries including Vietnam and Cambodia. Farmland in much of Southeast Asia faces degradation and declining fertility, the result of longtime overuse of agrochemicals.
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