Biostimulants ekofertile and microfertile from ekolive produced by bioleaching of minerals can reactivate minerals weathering in soil, microbiome, plants immunity and all other natural processes destroyed by agrochemicals. Significant sugar, yield and immunity increase on different crops and trees.

The Slovakian startup ekolive was announced as the winner in the first edition of the Feike Sijbesma Sustainable Innovation Award. They convinced the jury with their interdisciplinary biotechnological approach to clean contaminated and regenerate depleted soil, and use the byproduct of this process as an organic biostimulant in agriculture. With their technology, they contribute to as many as 11 out of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, making them just the sort of inspiring sustainable innovators the jury was looking for.