Greenhouse gas emissions from inorganic and organic fertilizer production and use: A review of emission factors and their variability

E Walling, C Vaneeckhaute - Journal of Environmental Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Fertilizers have become an essential part of our global food supply chain and are necessary
to sustain our growing population. However, fertilizers can also contribute to greenhouse …

The global dilemma of soil legacy phosphorus and its improvement strategies under recent changes in agro-ecosystem sustainability

F Solangi, X Zhu, S Khan, N Rais, A Majeed… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Phosphorus (P) is one of the six key elements in plant nutrition and effectively plays a vital
role in all major metabolic activities. It is an essential nutrient for plants linked to human food …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies and policies for the bioeconomy and bio-based economy: An analysis of official national approaches

L Staffas, M Gustavsson, K McCormick - Sustainability, 2013 - mdpi.com
The onset of formulating strategies and policies regarding the bioeconomy can be, at least
partly, attributed to the publication of the policy agenda on the bioeconomy by the …

Sustainable use of phosphorus: a finite resource

RW Scholz, AE Ulrich, M Eilittä, A Roy - Science of the Total Environment, 2013 - Elsevier
Phosphorus is an essential element of life and of the modern agricultural system. Today,
science, policy, agro-industry and other stakeholder groups are increasingly concerned …

Phosphorus vulnerability: a qualitative framework for assessing the vulnerability of national and regional food systems to the multi-dimensional stressors of …

D Cordell, TSS Neset - Global Environmental Change, 2014 - Elsevier
The element phosphorus underpins the viability of global and national food systems, by
ensuring soil fertility, maximising crop yields, supporting farmer livelihoods and ultimately …

[HTML][HTML] Maize rhizosphere in Sichuan, China, hosts plant growth promoting Burkholderia cepacia with phosphate solubilizing and antifungal abilities

K Zhao, P Penttinen, X Zhang, X Ao, M Liu, X Yu… - Microbiological …, 2014 - Elsevier
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria promote plant growth by direct and indirect
mechanisms. We isolated twelve bacterial strains showing different degrees of phosphate …

Sustainable phosphorus measures: strategies and technologies for achieving phosphorus security

D Cordell, S White - Agronomy, 2013 - mdpi.com
Phosphorus underpins the world's food systems by ensuring soil fertility, maximising crop
yields, supporting farmer livelihoods and ultimately food security. Yet increasing concerns …

Phosphorus in smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa: implications for agricultural intensification

G Nziguheba, S Zingore, J Kihara, R Merckx… - Nutrient cycling in …, 2016 - Springer
Current efforts in combating food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) focus on
agricultural intensification. Given the high soil nutrient depletions, replenishing soil fertility is …

The pivotal role of phosphorus in a resilient water–energy–food security nexus

HP Jarvie, AN Sharpley, D Flaten… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We make the case that phosphorus (P) is inextricably linked to an increasingly fragile,
interconnected, and interdependent nexus of water, energy, and food security and should be …

Global availability of phosphorus and its implications for global food supply: an economic overview

M Heckenmüller, D Narita, G Klepper - 2014 - econstor.eu
Being of crucial importance for agricultural production and also having experienced
significant price volatility, phosphate and its future availability have drawn growing at-tention …