Author: CMC-ENGRAIS/Commission Services Working Group on Fertilisers
Publisher: [Brussels] : Commission of the European Communities
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Category : Fertilizer industry
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Languages : en
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Author: European Fertilizer Manufacturers' Association
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Category : Fertilizers
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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Author: Europäische Gemeinschaften Kommission
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Languages : en
Pages : 50

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Author: Hernandez, Manuel A.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 6

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Agriculture continues to play an important role in African economies. According to the African Development Bank, agricultural activities comprise around 15 percent of the continent’s gross domestic product (GDP) and agricultural employment represents around 58 percent of total employment in Sub-Saharan Africa. The region’s population is expected to double to 2 billion people by 2050. Along with expected income growth, the population increase will lead to a substantial rise in food requirements. To meet food demand, FAO estimates that agricultural production would have to increase 112 percent between 2013 and 2050. Meeting this demand will not be easy, as agricultural productivity in SSA remains low and shows slow growth. The vast majority of African smallholder farmers produce low-yield food crops using a minimal set of inputs. Inadequate access to improved inputs such as fertilizers presents a major constraint for smallholders. In the region, more nutrients are removed with harvested crops than are applied with fertilizer or manure, resulting in unsustainable soil nutrient depletion. Improved fertilizer use will help to counteract this trend while substantially improving food security.

Author: Fernando López-Valdez
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
ISBN: 9781633210516
Category : Fertilizers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This book describes many important principles of fertilizer management and the environmental pollution problems due to the indiscriminate soil fertilization rate. The long-term impacts of organic or mineral fertilizer use have implications on soil fertility, crop yields, water quality, climatic change, greenhouse gas emissions, etc. Twelve chapters provide the state of the art of some important topics on subsistence agriculture, modern agronomy, and technological improvements which have sharply increased yields from cultivation, with a special emphasis on the sustainable management and environmental impact of commercial and nontraditional fertilizers. Without a doubt, this book is a valuable contribution to the agricultural sciences and it would not have been possible without the invaluable contributions, immeasurable acknowledgements, and recognized expertise from the authors.

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Category : Africa, East
Languages : en
Pages : 558

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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1156

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Author: Fertiliser Society
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Category : Fertilizers
Languages : en
Pages : 314

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No. 21, Porter, J.J. The manufacture of triple superphosphate, [1953?]

Author: Mark Cooper
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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This unique research-based book explores the development of the fertiliser industry in Ireland, an important sector of Irish industrial history that has so far been somewhat neglected in the literature. The exploration includes detailed analyses of changes in the raw materials used by the industry, the quantity and range of products made and imported, the process technology employed, the organisation and structure of the industry and the roles played by certain key individuals. The development of the industry is considered in a series of five time periods. The first of these looks at the antecedents of the industry prior to its birth in the middle of the nineteenth century. There follows an essential digression to show that scientific progress in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was a prerequisite for the emergence of a fertiliser industry. The genesis and development of the industry is then considered in four time periods spanning 1840 to 1990. Throughout the book both demand and supply side factors that influenced the development of the industry are identified. It is shown that participation by firms in product and/or process development was an essential ingredient for their competitiveness and survival in the industry. Finally the future of the industry in Ireland is considered in the light of evidence of excessive use of fertilisers, as well as potential health and environmental problems arising from the pollution of surface and ground water supplies.