The Future of Phosphorus Use in Agriculture

Just as high-performance athletes require carefully managed nutrition, growing high-yielding crops requires knowledge and care when it comes to nutrient management. This is especially true for P, which is often inadequately supplied to sustain high crop yields.
Innovation and adoption of Ecological Intensification will be facilitated by use of ‘big data’ that farmers themselves generate, coupled with a robust spatial framework.
Investments to help Sub-Saharan African farmers increase fertilizer use are not often supported by appropriate fertilizer recommendations.