Scarcity of phosphorus threat to global food production
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 22:21
in Earth & Climate
Phosphorus is just as important to agriculture as water. But a lack of availability and accessibility of phosphorus is an emerging problem that threatens our capacity to feed the global population. Like nitrogen and potassium, it is a nutrient that plants take up from the soil and it is crucial to soil fertility and crop growth.