Integrated nutrient management, soil fertility, and sustainable agriculture: current issues and future challenges
The challenge for agriculture over the coming decades will be to meet the world’s increasing demand for food in a sustainable way. Declining soil fertility and mismanagement of plant nutrients have made this task more difficult. In this brief, Peter Gruhn, Francesco Goletti, and Montague Yudelman po...
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2000
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| description | The challenge for agriculture over the coming decades will be to meet the world’s increasing demand for food in a sustainable way. Declining soil fertility and mismanagement of plant nutrients have made this task more difficult. In this brief, Peter Gruhn, Francesco Goletti, and Montague Yudelman point out that as long as agriculture remains a soil-based industry, major increases in productivity are unlikely to be attained without ensuring that plants have an adequate and balanced supply of nutrients. They call for an Integrated Nutrient Management approach to the management of plant nutrients for maintaining and enhancing soil, where both natural and man-made sources of plant nutrients are used. The key components of this approach are described; the roles and responsibilities of various actors, including farmers and institutions, are delineated; and recommendations for improving the management of plant nutrients and soil fertility are presented. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1560762025-02-24T06:49:10Z Integrated nutrient management, soil fertility, and sustainable agriculture: current issues and future challenges Gruhn, Peter Goletti, Francesco Yudelman, Montague essential plant nutrients soil fertility crops nutrition sustainability The challenge for agriculture over the coming decades will be to meet the world’s increasing demand for food in a sustainable way. Declining soil fertility and mismanagement of plant nutrients have made this task more difficult. In this brief, Peter Gruhn, Francesco Goletti, and Montague Yudelman point out that as long as agriculture remains a soil-based industry, major increases in productivity are unlikely to be attained without ensuring that plants have an adequate and balanced supply of nutrients. They call for an Integrated Nutrient Management approach to the management of plant nutrients for maintaining and enhancing soil, where both natural and man-made sources of plant nutrients are used. The key components of this approach are described; the roles and responsibilities of various actors, including farmers and institutions, are delineated; and recommendations for improving the management of plant nutrients and soil fertility are presented. 2000 2024-10-24T12:43:08Z 2024-10-24T12:43:08Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156076 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156184 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Gruhn, Peter; Goletti, Francesco; Yudelman, Montague. 2000. Integrated nutrient management, soil fertility, and sustainable agriculture: current issues and future challenges. 2020 Policy Brief 67. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156076 |
| spellingShingle | essential plant nutrients soil fertility crops nutrition sustainability Gruhn, Peter Goletti, Francesco Yudelman, Montague Integrated nutrient management, soil fertility, and sustainable agriculture: current issues and future challenges |
| title | Integrated nutrient management, soil fertility, and sustainable agriculture: current issues and future challenges |
| title_full | Integrated nutrient management, soil fertility, and sustainable agriculture: current issues and future challenges |
| title_fullStr | Integrated nutrient management, soil fertility, and sustainable agriculture: current issues and future challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integrated nutrient management, soil fertility, and sustainable agriculture: current issues and future challenges |
| title_short | Integrated nutrient management, soil fertility, and sustainable agriculture: current issues and future challenges |
| title_sort | integrated nutrient management soil fertility and sustainable agriculture current issues and future challenges |
| topic | essential plant nutrients soil fertility crops nutrition sustainability |
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