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04/03/2018 / By Ralph Flores

What is the right amount of nitrogen in agriculture? Not enough contributes to hunger, too much damages the environment

Nitrogen is essential in crop production, but it comes with a caveat: Use too much of it, and you risk polluting the environment; use too little, and you risk limiting your crop yield. This was also the focus of an article that appeared in the journal Nutrient Cycling in Agrosystems. The paper, led by researchers from […]

03/31/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Nitrogen use in global agriculture varies widely, affecting the food supply

An article in the journal Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems discussed the efficient use of nitrogen in agricultural production systems. The authors used selected papers from the 19th Nitrogen Workshop held in Sweden in 2016. Nitrogen is an essential input in crop production, and its economic significance has been established for over a century. There are two main […]

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