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Solevo, ‘The bird brand’ as it is known by many Ivorian farmers, is a reference to the name of the group’s historic brand ‘La Cigogne’ (‘The Stork’), which adorns its bags of fertiliser, particularly those intended for cocoa cultivation (NPK 0.23.19).
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