Yara International ASA said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Argentine potato farmer El Parque Papas to deliver it fossil-free green fertilizers.
El Parque Papas is the biggest potato farmer in Argentina. Led by racing car champion Walter Hernández, the farming organization supplies 14,000 mt of potatoes every year to the Argentine potato industry, including production of some of the most popular chips in the country.
Hernández and Yara President and CEO Svein Tore Holsether met at Yara’s Oslo headquarters to discuss future collaboration for decarbonizing the production of potatoes in Argentina, Yara said in its Dec. 2 statement announcing the MOU.
Yara will start producing the fossil free, green fertilizers next year, and they will be manufactured using renewable electricity instead of natural gas.
Using Yara´s green fertilizers for potato production will remove around 28.8% of greenhouse gas emissions at the farm level. For potato chips specifically, using green fertilizer will reduce the carbon footprint by around 5-10%, according to the Norwegian crop nutrition major.