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Citicrop vertical racks

Moscow, Russia

Multi-site optimisation unlocking premium crop portfolio

Crop Urbanis revamped cultivation programmes for Citicrop’s Moscow vertical farms, introducing new SKUs, reducing unit costs and coaching agronomy teams for consistent quality.

Documented outcomes shared with stakeholders

Services used

  • Crop management & fertigation
  • Farm concept & site design
  • OPEX optimisation & protocol development

Crops

  • Basil
  • Cocktail cucumbers
  • Zucchini flowers

Region

  • Europe

Project overview

Citicrop needed to expand its premium product range while tightening margins across multiple Moscow facilities. Crop Urbanis audited production, tuned nutrient programmes and redesigned SOPs to stabilise quality and extend product offerings.

Challenges & approach

  1. Integrate new crops without compromising existing lettuce and herb programmes.
  2. Reduce crop loss from climate variance and pest pressure.
  3. Align labour routines across three facilities with differing maturity levels.

Our contribution

  1. Developed nutrient recipes and fertigation schedules for cocktail cucumbers and zucchini flowers alongside existing crops.
  2. Implemented integrated pest management (IPM) playbooks and environmental monitoring dashboards.
  3. Streamlined SOPs, labour allocations and QA checkpoints, training team leads in bilingual formats.

Outcomes & proof

Metric Result Context
Optimization report Delivered Bottlenecks and action plan
Nutrient recipes Updated Crop-specific revisions
IPM calendar Issued Scouting + releases