impacts on nutrient fluxes (nitrogen and phosphorus) and land use as the result of a change from a meat based diet to a … consumption (20% to 25% less phosphorus) and lower transfer of nutrients from agriculture into the environment compared to the … reference situation. Total emissions of nitrogen and phosphorus into water decrease (between 15% and 11% for nitrogen and by 5 …

New low phytate crop varieties have been heralded for their potential to assist animal producers manage phosphorus (P …

use of modern inputs such as fertilizer and improved seeds. This study investigates if water harvesting technologies (WHTs …) induce fertilizer use and whether there is joint adoption of fertilizer and water harvesting technologies. Using panel data … estimated to investigate these two issues. Both models include variables that are hypothesized to affect fertilizer and WHT use …

for improving fertilizer use efficiency in China, but it is not clear how to achieve these efficiency improvements on a … larger scale. The empirical foundation for fertilizer policy in China is still weak, particularly in inland provinces. This … paper examines fertilizer use patterns in Yunnan Province, an inland and ecologically important province in Southwest China …

. The study puts forth an alternative hypothesis that fertilizer shifting – whereby farmers apply fertilizers designated for …

imports are affecting the nitrogen fertilizer industry. A spatial competition model of the US nitrogen fertilizer industry was …