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The Innovative Proposal to Use Etna Volcanic Ash as Fertilizer in Italian Agriculture

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In the Sicilian city of Giarre, overlooking Mount Etna, Andrea Passanisi, producer of tropical and citrus fruits, uses an unusual fertilizer in its 100-hectare stretch of land (247 acres): volcanic ash.Like hundreds of farmers and inhabitants of rural villages on the slopes of Europe's highest and most active volcano, this 41-year-old man's family has had to deal with the nuisance of the fall of volcanic ash for generations.But only in recent ye…
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In the Sicilian city of Giarre, overlooking Mount Etna, Andrea Passanisi, producer of tropical and citrus fruits, uses an unusual fertilizer in its 100-hectare stretch of land (247 acres): volcanic ash.Like hundreds of farmers and inhabitants of rural villages on the slopes of Europe's highest and most active volcano, this 41-year-old man's family has had to deal with the nuisance of the fall of volcanic ash for generations.But only in recent ye…

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Vanguardia broke the news in on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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