FOCUS ON FERTILE GROWTH Yara International is a global leader in the development and manufacture of nitrogen-based fertilisers. Today the company continues to see strong growth in all its product sectors. With new acquisitions in the US and South America, Yara is set to significantly increase its global market share, as Philip Yorke reports.
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ara International is headquartered in Oslo, Norway and its core business is the production of nitrogen-based fertilisers, which is closely connected to global agricultural productivity and food production. The company’s development is rooted in the Norwegian industrial company, Norsk Hydro, which was founded in 1905. In that year Sam Eyde, Ktistian Birkeland and Marcus Wallenberg tapped into Norway’s large energy resources to produce the company’s first agro-chemical product: mineral fertiliser. This new product attracted interest worldwide since it enabled farmers to significantly boost their yields. Decades later the company’s agricultural products and co-products were spun off to become Yara International ASA, which
