News » Our Company Expands to the Mediterranean Region – Lignohumate in Cyprus
October 2008 –The president of the holding NPO RET and the financial consultant of AMAGRO Mr. Rodion Poloskin and Mr. Lubomír Rákos visited Cyprus in early October. The objective of the trip was to prepare the launch of a subsidiary company and to check experiments initiated in early September in the presence of Ing. Leonid Tugarinov. The Cyprus climatic conditions make it possible not only for the cultivation of citrus species that may be seen in our hypermarkets but also, and this fact is not that broadly known, the Greek section of the island is a significant producer of early specifies of potatoes. What is of interest is the fact that potato may be planted in Cyprus any day throughout the year and the crop may be collected after 115 days. The local farmers take advantage of this phenomenon and they plant potatoes in September to be able to export early potatoes to Christmas market in the UK in early December. Lignohumate is applied in the form of drop irrigation. In addition to potato growers, we could see operational experiments at orange plantations, several significant distributors and a potato research institute and a citrus research institute. For some nice pictures of the sunny island go to the photo gallery.