A better use of fertilizers is needed for global food security and environmental sustainability

• Published in: Agriculture & food security Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 5
• Main Authors: Penuelas, Josep, Coello, Fernando, Sardans, Jordi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central 01.12.2023; BMC
• Subjects: Agricultural land; Agricultural production; Ammonium; Anthropogenic factors; Aquatic ecosystems; Bibliographic literature; Biodiversity; Climate change; Crop rotation; Efficiency; Environmental health; Environmental security; environmental sustainability; Eutrophication; Farming; Fertilization; Fertilizers; Food production; Food security; Geopolitics; human health; Income; laws and regulations; Legislation; Low income areas; Morocco; nitrates; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Optimization; Phosphorus; Plant resistance; politics; pollution; Population; Potassium; Reserves; soil; Soils; Species composition; species diversity; Water quality; United States > US; Morocco

The massive use of fertilizers during the last decades allowed a great increase in the global capacity of food production. However, in the last years, several studies highlight the inefficiency and country asymmetries in the use of these fertilizers that generated environmental problems, soil nutrit...