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Environment: The disappearing nutrient

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  • Natasha Gilbert

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Phosphate-based fertilizers have helped spur agricultural gains in the past century, but the world may soon run out of them. Natasha Gilbert investigates the potential phosphate crisis.

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  • Natasha Gilbert, 2009. "Environment: The disappearing nutrient," Nature, Nature, vol. 461(7265), pages 716-718, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:461:y:2009:i:7265:d:10.1038_461716a
    DOI: 10.1038/461716a
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    1. Piroska Kassai & Gergely Tóth, 2020. "Agricultural Soil Phosphorus in Hungary: High Resolution Mapping and Assessment of Socioeconomic and Pedological Factors of Spatiotemporal Variability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(13), pages 1-12, July.
    2. Inga-Mareike Bach & Lisa Essich & Torsten Müller, 2021. "Efficiency of Recycled Biogas Digestates as Phosphorus Fertilizers for Maize," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-21, June.
    3. Senthilkumar, Kalimuthu & Mollier, Alain & Delmas, Magalie & Pellerin, Sylvain & Nesme, Thomas, 2014. "Phosphorus recovery and recycling from waste: An appraisal based on a French case study," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 97-108.
    4. Chowdhury, Rubel Biswas & Moore, Graham A. & Weatherley, Anthony J. & Arora, Meenakshi, 2014. "A review of recent substance flow analyses of phosphorus to identify priority management areas at different geographical scales," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 213-228.
    5. Julius Krebs & Sonja Bach, 2018. "Permaculture—Scientific Evidence of Principles for the Agroecological Design of Farming Systems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-24, September.
    6. Zhou, Aijuan & Liu, Zhihong & Wang, Sufang & Chen, E. & Wei, Yaoli & Liu, Wenzong & Wang, Aijie & Yue, Xiuping, 2019. "Bio-electrolysis contribute to simultaneous bio-hydrogen recovery and phosphorus release from waste activated sludge assisted with prefermentation," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 185(C), pages 787-794.
    7. Kirtikumar Randive & Tejashree Raut & Sanjeevani Jawadand, 2021. "An overview of the global fertilizer trends and India’s position in 2020," Mineral Economics, Springer;Raw Materials Group (RMG);Luleå University of Technology, vol. 34(3), pages 371-384, October.
    8. Simon Goddek & Boris Delaide & Utra Mankasingh & Kristin Vala Ragnarsdottir & Haissam Jijakli & Ragnheidur Thorarinsdottir, 2015. "Challenges of Sustainable and Commercial Aquaponics," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-26, April.
    9. Yi Jin & Jin He & Yonghe Zhu & Kadambot H. M. Siddique, 2022. "Nodule Formation and Nitrogen Use Efficiency Are Important for Soybean to Adapt to Water and P Deficit Conditions," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(9), pages 1-11, August.
    10. Walan, Petter & Davidsson, Simon & Johansson, Sheshti & Höök, Mikael, 2014. "Phosphate rock production and depletion: Regional disaggregated modeling and global implications," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 178-187.
    11. Kealan Gell & F.J.de Ruijter & P. Kuntke & M. de Graaff & A.L. Smit, 2011. "Safety and Effectiveness of Struvite from Black Water and Urine as a Phosphorus Fertilizer," Journal of Agricultural Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 3(3), pages 1-67, September.
    12. Simons, Andrew M. & Ahmed, Milkiyas & Blalock, Garrick & Nesin, Bourcard, 2023. "Indigenous bone fertilizer for growth and food security: A local solution to a global challenge," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 114(C).

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