No easy fix to fertiliser non-greenness

Nitrogen-based fertilisers are essential for food output but also a source of carbon emissions and nitrogen pollution

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In this article

  • Fertiliser dynamics
  • Nitrogen-based fertilisers
  • Phosphates
  • Potash
  • Global role
  • 2022 shortage
  • 2023 stabilisation
  • Fertiliser usage will outstrip decarbonisation
  • Problems with nitrogen-based fertilisers

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