Research and development forms an important part of Soil Plus’ strategy.
Our objective is not simply to manufacture compost, but to continuously develop and improve locally produced soil amendments, growing media and organic agricultural inputs suited to Mauritian conditions.
• Development and improvement of compost formulations
• Development of enriched soil blends
• Development of specialised seedling and growing substrates
• Development of pelletised organic fertilisers such as EcoGrow Plus
• Evaluation of locally available agricultural and organic materials as potential raw materials
• Product testing under actual agricultural and landscaping conditions
• Monitoring parameters such as pH, moisture, organic matter and nutrient characteristics
• Continuous improvement of production and quality-control procedures
• Development of specialised products for different crops and growing systems
• Sending new samples to Mauritius Standards Bureau to understand technical properties of our products and how we can improve them for consistent production and quality
Soil Plus places particular importance on testing products under practical growing conditions.
Our products are used and evaluated in collaboration with agricultural and landscaping operations, allowing us to observe product behaviour under real conditions involving vegetable production, nurseries, lawns, ornamental plants and landscaping.
This practical approach enables Soil Plus to continuously collect feedback and improve its formulations.
We rely a lot on planters as well. We take note of all positive and negative feedback from planters. The negative feedback helps us to review our production process and improve what are doing wrong.
One of our important R&D initiatives has been the development of EcoGrow Plus, a locally manufactured organic fertiliser pellet.
EcoGrow Plus has undergone agricultural evaluation, including trials conducted by FAREI on bean and cabbage cultivation, as part of our efforts to assess the performance and potential of locally manufactured organic agricultural inputs.
More sustainable agriculture
Productive recycling of agricultural by-products
Greater utilisation of locally available resources
Reduced dependence on imported agricultural inputs
Development of circular-economy solutions for
Mauritius
