South African company arrives in Argentina and promises ‘green’ biopesticides

By Leonardo Gottems, reporter for AgroPages

The South African company MBFi (Microbial Biological Fertilizers International) has reached Argentina and Latin America, promising to deliver “green chemistry”.

MBFI has a rich portfolio of biological fungicides, biostimulants, biofertilizers, inoculants, chelated nutrients, adjuvants, and even biochemicals, among other products.

According to the South African company, which has 18 years of experience in agricultural production, they are all proven, high-performance products for a market of high demand and quality, always with the north on “green chemistry.”

“For MBFI, it is a great privilege and opportunity to enter the Latin American market. We have dreamed of globalizing the MBFI brand for many years and Latin America is an excellent platform to showcase our innovative technologies,” said founding directors and owners Jonathan and Steven Etherington.

According to them, the company has a diverse product offering, but finally, “Green Chemistry has been the forefront of our research and development. Our vision for the Latin American market is to bring our proven and reliable technologies.”

“We know the needs and trends of agriculture; our great technical experience will be our pillar to provide the best services and green chemistry technology in each developing market. With an ongoing R&D emphasis on sustainability for the future, the goal is always to do more with less,” the founders stated.

The person in charge of the MBFi landing in Latin America is the Agronomist Daniel Visintin, a professional who led recognized international companies marketing products for crop protection.

“We want to be a company highly oriented towards solving farmers' problems with biological, nutritional, and biorational solutions. We are a company whose vision is focused on developing green chemistry to offer more sustainable solutions. We are a great addition and supplement of technology for agricultural production,” Visintin said.

The Agronomist Engineer emphasized that, nowadays, a producer has “the possibility of choosing and using a biological product, from nature, developed for its efficiency and practicality in multiple cultivation situations, for example, in the case of fungicides. biological as seed therapies as well as to control foliar diseases, protecting their crops to enhance their productivity.”

“This decision is already in the hands of the technicians and the producers. Year after year, more sustainable solutions are being developed to manage crops, be they intensive or extensive. Having biological solutions is a great opportunity to improve the sustainability of production without neglecting the efficiency needs of the products,” he said.

MBFi defines itself as a company established in promoting products of biological origin to their maximum potential and promoting the growth of the “Green Chemistry” market.