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        "id": 1914267,
        "msgid": "petrokimia-gresik-develops-soil-recovery-solution-to-boost-farmer-productivity-1786510353",
        "date": "2026-08-12 11:16:49",
        "title": "Petrokimia Gresik Develops Soil Recovery Solution to Boost Farmer Productivity",
        "author": "Friska Yolandha",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Agriculture",
        "summary": "Indonesian state-owned fertiliser company Petrokimia Gresik has introduced 'GladiAgro', a next-generation soil revival innovation aimed at restoring soil health and supporting sustainable agriculture. The solution, which won the top prize at the SDGs Innovation Accelerator for Young Professionals 2026, uses microbial products to convert agricultural waste into organic nutrients to improve soil fertility. The company's extensive soil testing revealed that over 91 percent of samples across 27 provinces suffer from low organic carbon content, highlighting the urgent need for such interventions.",
        "content": "<p>State-owned fertiliser producer PT Petrokimia Gresik has unveiled an\ninnovation called GladiAgro: Next-Gen Soil Revival, designed to help\nrestore soil health and support sustainable agriculture. The solution\naims to improve fertiliser efficiency and boost agricultural\nproductivity by enhancing soil quality. GladiAgro recently received the\nhighest honour as the Outstanding Distinguished Innovator at the SDGs\nInnovation Accelerator for Young Professionals 2026, organised by the\nIndonesia Global Compact Network. This achievement paves the way for\nGladiAgro to be introduced at the UN Global Compact forum in New York,\nUnited States, in September 2026. Daconi Khotob, President Director of\nPetrokimia Gresik, stated that GladiAgro was developed to address the\nchallenge of declining agricultural soil quality, which can impact\nfertiliser effectiveness and crop productivity. \u2018GladiAgro is part of\nPetrokimia Gresik\u2019s effort to provide solutions for soil health issues.\nWe want to help farmers improve their land conditions so that\nfertilisation becomes more effective, productivity increases, and\nagricultural sustainability is maintained,\u2019 he said in Gresik. The\ninnovation stems from the company\u2019s concern over the deteriorating\nquality of agricultural land in Indonesia, a condition partly caused by\nunbalanced fertiliser use and the persistent practice of burning\nagricultural waste. Based on testing of 40,282 soil samples conducted by\nPetrokimia Gresik since 2016 across 27 provinces, 91.9 percent of the\nsamples showed low organic carbon content. This condition can reduce\nsoil quality and fertility, diminish fertiliser effectiveness, and make\nincreasing agricultural productivity less than optimal. To address this\nissue, GladiAgro utilises a microbial-based biological product called\nPetro Gladiator to process agricultural waste into Liquid Organic\nNutrient (NOC). This nutrient is then returned to the land to increase\norganic matter content, improve soil structure, and help restore\nfertility. \u2018GladiAgro targets the root problem of agriculture, which is\nlow soil fertility. Petro Gladiator acts as a decomposer to help\nincrease organic matter content. When soil quality improves, nutrient\nabsorption becomes more optimal, so agricultural productivity can\nincrease and the land becomes more adaptive to climate change,\u2019 Daconi\nexplained.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/petrokimia-gresik-develops-soil-recovery-solution-to-boost-farmer-productivity-1786510353",
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