Phosphorus Shortage: European challenges in Brussels, Belgium Conference materials Various Authors (2010)
The threatening shortage of phosphorus – a key component of fertilisers – is crucial for the world’s food supplies. Phosphorus is an essential nutrient for all plants and animals. It is also one of the three key components (together with nitrogen and potassium) of fertilisers, and therefore crucial for the world’s food supply system. Phosphorus shortage will be one of the most pressing problems of the coming years. Global supply is limited and concentrated in just a few countries. Demand is increasing rapidly. Since there is not yet an alternative for phosphorus, innovative strategies are needed to ensure its availability. Bas Eickhout and Lena Ek (both members of the European Parliament) and the Nutrient Flow Task Group (NFTG) intended this Mini Seminar (Phosphorus Shortage: European challenges) to accelerate the search for solutions and help develop opportunities created by the phosphorus crisis.
Content (available for download below):
Agenda - Phosphorus Shortage
Minutes
Peak Phosphorus – The Next Inconvenient Truth - Arno Rosemarin
Swedish Phosphorus Recycling Policy - Linda Gårdstam
Phosphorus in Agriculture - Global Resources Trends & Developments
Phosphate – from surplus to shortage (of Nutrients flow Task Group)
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Various Authors (2010). Phosphorus Shortage: European challenges in Brussels, Belgium Conference materials
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Agenda - Phosphorus Shortage
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Minutes
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Peak Phosphorus – The Next Inconvenient Truth - Arno Rosemarin
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Phosphate – from surplus to shortage (of Nutrients flow Task Group)
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Phosphorus in Agriculture - Global Resources Trends & Developments
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Swedish Phosphorus Recycling Policy - Linda Gårdstam
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