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Introduction
At Green Crop Tech, we’re revolutionizing agriculture with NanoChitoGem, an innovative, eco-friendly alternative to traditional chemical treatments in viticulture. Unlike conventional pesticides, NanoChitoGem is based on patented technology and is a biodegradable biostimulant and bio-pesticide made from safe, FDA-approved vegetal chitosan biopolymer. Enhanced with nanotechnology, it offers powerful crop protection without harmful chemicals.
By boosting antioxidant levels in grapes, NanoChitoGem makes wine tastier and healthier, aligning with the UK's rapidly growing wine market growth rate of 9.2% annually This unique solution is designed not only for vineyards but also for other high-value crops like berries. Preliminary results in rice are also promising. Green Crop Tech is supporting sustainable practices across agriculture.
Explore how Green Crop Tech is driving a healthier, more sustainable future for farming.
Why Green Crop Tech?
Problem
The widespread use of chemical pesticides like Bordeaux Mix in vineyards leads to long-term soil degradation, harming biodiversity such as bees, earthworm and the surrounding environment. Studies indicate that copper from these treatments accumulates in the soil by 7% each year, worsening the issue as time goes on. This accumulation not only impacts soil health but also reduces the antioxidant levels in grapes, lowering wine quality, increasing the aging time and driving up production costs, resulting in significant economic losses. For vineyards, dependence on these traditional chemicals restricts sustainable growth and threatens the industry’s ability to meet rising consumer demand for organic, premium wine.
Solution
To address these challenges, Green Crop Tech has introduced NanoChitoGem, a groundbreaking, dual-function product designed to reshape the viticulture industry. As a biostimulant and bio-pesticide derived from patented, FDA-approved, nano-sized vegetal chitosan, NanoChitoGem is a fully biodegradable, copper-free solution. In initial field trials in Portuguese vineyards, NanoChitoGem increased grape antioxidants by 33%, enhancing wine’s health benefits for the skin and heart while boosting sensory quality and creating a premium product. It also reduced fungal disease incidence by 70%, resulting in improved grape yield and significantly cutting storage and production costs by expediting the wine aging process.
NanoChitoGem directly addresses the negative environmental impact of traditional chemical pesticides like Bordeaux Mix, which contribute to soil degradation and copper accumulation. Free from harmful residues, NanoChitoGem offers a safe, effective, and sustainable alternative that preserves soil health and biodiversity.
In addition to vineyards, NanoChitoGem's applications extend to other valuable crops, including raspberries and strawberries widely cultivated in Scotland, offering a solution that supports sustainable agriculture across multiple high-value sectors. Green Crop Tech’s innovation aligns with the UK's rapidly growing wine industry, which is increasingly seeking eco-friendly, effective alternatives to conventional chemicals.
Market
Targeting the $8.2 billion biostimulant and $3.4 billion bio-fungicide markets, Green Crop Tech’s NanoChitoGem enables vineyards and other farms to reduce environmental impact, meet consumer demand for sustainable, high-quality produce, and establish a resilient future for agriculture.
Current CAGR for biologicals solutions in agriculture chemical market is 15-17%. In addition, the global organic wine market size was estimated at USD 10.80 billion in 2023 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.4% from 2024 to 2030.
Our technology helps in improving the polyphenols and tannins in the wine, which assists wine aging. As wine aging is critical for premium wines, our technology has the potential to directly turn a normal wine into premium wine. The global Premium Wine market size was estimated at USD 328.46 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach USD 503 billion in 2030 at a CAGR of 6.3% during the forecast period 2023-2030.
On top of that the vine agriculture is expanding rapidly in the UK. In the past five years, the area with vine production has increased by at least 70%. Also, the number of wineries are up by 33%. Wine production in the UK is the fastest amongst all major wine producing countries in the world. There are now over 1000 vineyards in the UK producing around 20-22 million bottles of wine annually. Around £0.5 billion GBP has been invested in the wine in the last five years.
Transforming Agriculture with Green Technology
At Green Crop Tech, we utilise biological solutions to agricultural problems. Sustainable Innovation is at the heart of Green Crop Technology and improving crop health and quality is our motto.
FDA approved biostimulant
Our NanoChitoGem technology uses FDA approved chitosan for crop yield and quality improvements. When applied on grapes in vineyards resulted it resulted in healthier wines with higher antioxidant levels and better taste.
Potential for biopesticidal use
Preliminary results indicated over 70% decrease in vine fungal infestation.
Focus on soil health and ecosystem
Our technology is not dependent on adding any harmful metals or chemicals that negatively affect the soil health and biodiversity.
Get in touch
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E-mail: info@greencroptech.co.uk
Address: 3rd Floor City Point, 65 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH12 5HD
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