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World trends in fertilizer use and projections to 2020

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  • Bumb, Balu L.
  • Baanante, Carlos A.

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Fertilizers have played an important role in increased crop production, especially in cereal yields, and will continue to be a cornerstone of the science-based agriculture required to feed the expanding world population. Fertilizers replenish the nutrients removed from soils by harvested crops, encourage adoption of high-yielding varieties, and increase biomass in the nutrient-poor soils of the tropics. Bumb and Baanante trace fertilizer use until the 1990s as well as production and price trends. Finally they propose projected trends in use, requirements, and production. The authors conclude that, overall, a conducive and stable policy environment, including macroeconomic stability, price incentives, credit availability, efficient organizational arrangements, research and extension support, regulatory frameworks, and environmental monitoring, will be essential to promote environmentally friendly growth in fertilizer use and supply to 2020.

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  • Bumb, Balu L. & Baanante, Carlos A., 1996. "World trends in fertilizer use and projections to 2020," 2020 vision briefs 38, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
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    1. Mark W Rosegrant & Gary Yohe & Mandy Ewing & Rowena Valmonte-Santos & Tingju Zhu & Ian Burton & Saleemul Huq, 2010. "Climate Change and Asian Agriculture," Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), vol. 7(1), pages 41-81, June.
    2. Epule Epule & Changhui Peng & Laurent Lepage & Balgah Nguh & Ndiva Mafany, 2012. "Can the African food supply model learn from the Asian food supply model? Quantification with statistical methods," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 593-610, August.

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