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Best Practice
Environment
Guangxi Beihai Penshibao
Saving Energy and
Reducing Emissions at
Penshibao
By Yuanqiong Yao and Fazhong Liang
For more than two decades, we have been committed to
research on foliar fertilizer. We have developed a new
generation of efficient, environmentally-friendly, highquality,
and residue-free foliar fertilizer by conducting
extensive tests in grain-producing areas in China via the
Ministry of Agriculture. The findings have greatly improved
the fertilization technologies of China and even the whole
world, changed farmer’s fertilization habits, and promoted
the sustainable development of the environment.
1. The products are made of natural
and renewable materials: The new
generation of Penshibao foliar fertilizer
is made of non-toxic, harmless,
residue-free, pollution-free, natural,
and renewable materials using a
unique high-concentration chelating
technology. These materials are
highly efficient products and have
various physiological activators rich
in fulvic acid, humic acid, amino acid,
and vitamins and various nutrient
elements such as N, P, K, B, Zn, Mo,
and Mn.
2. The Ministry of Agriculture and the
College of Resources and Environment
of Huazhong Agricultural University
(Wuhan) have conducted in-depth
research on the mechanism of the
new generation of Penshibao foliar
fertilizer: Facing an abnormal climatic
environment, increasing farming costs,
and other phenomena, we began extensive
product research and development
in 2008 and aimed at increasing
crop resistance (resistance to disease,
drought, and cold), researching the
products’ energy-saving and environmental-protection
functions, raising
the fertilizer’s utilization rate, and
improving quality.
We established a cooperation with
the Ministry of Agriculture and agricultural
academies and universities.
We have made a great contribution
to eight years of harvests in China’s
grain production and are listed as the
designated enterprise of soil testing
and formulated fertilization by Jiangxi
Province – the rice-producing area in
southern China.
The ”Program on Rice Early-Senescence
Prevention,” which focuses on
popularizing and using foliar fertilizers,
was launched by Jiangxi Province
in 2011. As one of the cooperating
partners, our company supplied Penshibao
products. The province served
as a core demonstration area using
foliar fertilizer and had an average
increase in production of up to 8
percent, greatly contributing to the
province’s historic target to achieve
a total grain output of over 20.5 billion
Kg. At present, the “Program on
Rice Early-Senescence Prevention” has
been popularized across China by
the Jiangxi Provincial Government
and relevant departments under the
Ministry of Agriculture.
Additionally, Penshibao fertilizers are
widely popular in Liaoning, Hebei, Hunan,
and other major grain-producing
areas, making a significant contribution
to China’s food security.
3. Through extensive tests and experiments
it has been shown that:
a. The new generation of Penshibao foliar
fertilizer significantly increases crop
production, provides strong resistance
to disease and stresses, has an excellent
effect on energy-saving and emission
reduction, as well as an ability to reduce
fertilizer amounts.
See Table: Energy Saving and Emission
Reduction of Penshibao (Taking Rice
as an Example)
b. Research on the “Penshibao” mechanism
by the College of Resources and
Environment of Huazhong Agricultural
University (Wuhan) shows that
the Penshibao foliar fertilizer can increase
chlorophyll content and boost
the photosynthetic effect to promote
photosynthesis; it is also able to increase
the transfer from dry matter
to harvest matter and thus to greatly
increase crop yields. After crops use
Penshibao foliar fertilizer: their root
systems grow stronger; the root systems’
absorption capacities for nutrients
and moisture is strengthened; the
crops’ internal nutrient contents are
enhanced; the nutrient accumulation
increases, which provides sufficient
nutrients for crop growth and development
and can significantly increase
agricultural efficiency. Penshibao improves
economic benefits and reduces
fertilizer waste.
4. Through Penshibao’s in-depth research
and the testing at the China
National Analytical Center in Guangzhou,
it was certified that Penshibao
foliar fertilizer can decrease the
residual amount of soil herbicides
to reduce farmland pollution. Acetochlor
is currently one of the most
important herbicides in the world.
In recent years, due to misuse by
farmers, acetochlor residue can harm
Item
Amount used
Assuming that
Penshibao
is used for
producing 450
million mu of
rice in China
Penshibao
1 ton
64,286
tons
Chemical
fertilizer
(Urea) saved
35 tons
2,250,000
tons
crop growth. By adding 20 - 30 ml of
Penshibao for one Mu, the acetochlor
residue in soil can be decreased by
57.6 - 73.8 percent, efficiently reducing
farmland pollution and protect
the arable soil.
5. The new generation of Penshibao
foliar fertilizer is a reliable and safe
product. It has passed the ISO9001
International Quality Management
System Certification and ISO14001
International Environmental Management
System Certification. “Firstly Do
a Good Job and Then Great Things”
is the motto of our company. To actively
undertake the company’s social
responsibilities is our goal. The
new generation of Penshibao foliar
fertilizer can raise crop yields and
improve crop quality. It meets the
modern concept for economical and
environmentally-friendly fertilization.
With the ability to decrease the
adverse impacts of agriculture on the
environment and push forward environmental
sustainability, Penshibao
products have a huge potential across
the global.
Standard
coal saved
42 tons
2,700,000
tons
Carbon
emission
reduced
113 tons
7,290,000
tons
1 | According to authoritative theory, 1.2 tons of standard coal are used to produce
1 ton of chemical fertilizer, and 1 ton of standard coal will generate 2.7 tons of
carbon dioxide.
2 | Penshibao is a highly concentrated product. Taking rice as an example, it should
be sprayed three times every quarter, each time for three bags with a total 30 mL,
each Mu using about 90 mL, 1 ton of Penshibao for 666.67 hectares of land.
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