For 50 years, scientists in Großbeeren have studied how different fertilization strategies affect vegetable and soil quality.

As the global population continues to grow and the demand for food increases, the efficient use of limited phosphorus ...

The team's exciting approach to cutting down on inorganic nitrate and phosphorus fertilizer use was published in Nature. The ...

To be more universally profitable, fertilizer use requires lower transport costs and better agronomics, including complementary inputs. Inorganic fertilizer use is considered low in Africa but it is ...

Ammonia is then converted to ammonium ions, nitrate ions, and urea — all key components in so-called inorganic, or mineral, fertilizers. Developed more than a century ago, the Haber–Bosch ...

Soil fertility is the ability of soil to sustain plant growth and optimize crop yield. This can be enhanced through organic and inorganic fertilizers to the soil. Nuclear techniques provide data that ...

However, in response, the Department of Agriculture rolled out large fertilizer subsidies, which primarily focus on inorganic fertilizers. Although prices have since dropped to P1,500 to P1,600 ...

Synthetic phosphate fertilizer poses a serious threat to our environment. Phosphate rock mining, along with the inorganic fertilizers and animal feed supplements and pesticides for which phosphate is ...

Here are ten of the most striking newly verified facts: Most smallholders in the countries studied use rudimentary technologies and eschew the use of modern inputs: Two-thirds report no use of ...