Sentences with phrase «global nitrogen fertilizer»

Rice also accounts for approximately 13 % of global nitrogen fertilizer use.

Not exact matches

Saskferco further strengthens Yara's scale and position in North America and is a perfect complement, bringing efficient production capacity from a world - class nitrogen fertilizer facility that is in close proximity to one of the key global fertilizer markets.

Global warming, from the release of carbon dioxide and perturbations to the nitrogen cycle from fertilizers

Food production is rising sharply, requiring more carbon - based fuels and nitrogen - based fertilizers, both of which exacerbate global warming, river and ocean pollution, and a host of other ills.

Global agricultural emissions of the gas have increased by 20 per cent in the last century as a result of widespread use of nitrogen - based synthetic fertilizers.

«The amount and diversity of pesticides, pharmaceuticals and other industrial chemicals that humans are releasing into the environment are increasing at rates that match or exceed recent increases in CO2 emissions, nutrient pollution from nitrogen fertilizers, and other drivers of global change,» Bernhardt said.

The nitrogen fertilizers traditionally used in agriculture have polluting effects both in water and in the atmosphere, this can degrade soils and contribute to global warming.

By producing more food on less land, it may be possible to reduce these emissions, but this so - called intensification often involves increasing fertilizer use, which can lead to large emissions of nitrogen - containing gases that also contribute to global warming.

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) is the world's largest fertilizer company by capacity, controlling 20 % of the global potash market and third largest market share in nitrogen and phosphates.

Ca. 1 % of global fossil energy consumption is used for chemical nitrogen fertilizer production.

I can tell you without a doubt, methane and CO2 will continue to increase, as long as the unrestrained global population continues to grow, as well as our demand for food and livestock, which continues to spread nitrogen fertilizers and pesticides into the soil and the water.

The global nitrogen efficiency of cereal crops fell from 80 % in 1960 to 30 % in 2000, so there is a lot of room for the agricultural sector to respond to any short term restriction in fertilizer supply.

I whole - heartedly support clean water / fresh air legislative efforts, reducing dependence on oil through funding of promising energy technologies, and reinstatement of the use of nitrogen - rich miracle fertilizer experimentation in the famine - stricken regions of Africa — that have, ironically, been attacked as potential global warming threats.

In the U.S. too much nitrogen fertilizer is used and this is bad from the standpoint of global warming, but this is a separate issue from the production of biofuels.

Saskferco further strengthens Yara's scale and position in North America and is a perfect complement, bringing efficient production capacity from a world - class nitrogen fertilizer facility that is in close proximity to one of the key global fertilizer markets.