And October 13 More than 100 years ago, Carl Bosch discovered a process that allowed the nitrogen present in the air to be used to produce ammonia and development a high pressure reactor, resulting in the industrial production of ammonia fertilizers. Since then, fertilizers they have prevented billions of people from famine and will continue to feed the world for decades to come.
Worldwide, fertilizers account for over 50% of food production. This is, without them, we would not produce enough food for the current population. It should be remembered that the Plants need 17 essential mineral nutrients. The carbon and the oxygen they receive them from the air, and the hydrogen from water. the remaining 14 coming from Earth. The lack of any of these nutrients in sufficient quantities it can affect plant health, growth and yield and, consequently, human nutrition.
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Therefore, fertilizers provide these 14 essential nutrients for plants, supplementing the nutrients of the soil, thus allowing to cover the nutritional needs of crops and significantly increasing production. As crops absorb nutrients from the soil, fertilizers are also used to sustainably replenish nutrient content and feed plants.
Los nutrients are generally found in nature, but often in quantity Disabled, either in forms that the plant cannot exploit, or simply are not present in the space that the plant can explore. If these essential nutrients are not available, the plant will produce lower and lower quality food. The form or vehicle through which the supply of these naturally occurring nutrients can be ensured in a timely manner for plants to absorb them, are the fertilizers.
“In this way they help to produce more and better quality food, necessary to feed the world population, per hectare cultivated”, comments María Fernanda González Sanjuan, executive director of Fertilizar Asociación Civil, an entity whose goal is promote responsible use of crop fertilization, stresses the vital role that fertilizers play in achieving sustainable food production and food security.
“Thanks to advances in fertilizer technology, crops today receive more adequate and efficient nutrition and even improve productivity in those lower quality soils. This is why fertilizers contribute to sustainability of food safety and therefore of our future “, Insert.
According to the association, In Argentina the use of fertilizers has consolidated being an indispensable technology in current food production systems. In this sense, it underlines the importance of accompanying the use of this technology together with the implementation of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), apply the 4 Rs of crop nutrition: right source, right dose, right time, right way and right place of application.
In this sense, through responsible management “You can guarantee the sustainability of production, but also the conservation of the productive environment and soil resources and contribute to food security”.
“At Fertilizar, our main focus is the dissemination and correct use of technologies and it is in this line that we want to make known to the whole population the key role that fertilizers play in plant nutrition, the production of quality food and, consequently, human health “, concludes the executive director of the institution.
