Fertilizer
The essential data about fertilizer explained in 3 infographics. Detailed charts covering world fertilizer consumption by region, world grain production, consumption, and stocks, agriculture & food and more. Learn the truth about fertilizer and how it relates to the state of the world on The Global Education Project website with un-biased facts from the most reliable sources.
Nitrogen fertilizer production requires a large and affordable supply of natural gas.
Natural gas is a key feedstock (up to 90 percent of the total costs) in the manufacturing of nitrogen fertilizer for which there is no practical substitute. Nitrogen...
Increases in grain production brought about by irrigation and synthetic fertilizer and pesticide inputs have peaked and begun declining. As consumption surpasses production, the world's stocks of stored grain have been falling relative to each year's...
Agricultural and food production has changed dramatically in the past 100 years as increasing population and consumption put pressure on the world's food supply. A look at the environmental impacts of agriculture and food; global distribution and nutrition;...
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