Down and Dirty: The Global Fertilizer Dilemma
Why It Matters
The Role of Inorganic Fertilizers in Organic Agriculture
Synthetic production is the easiest way to get fertilizer. But there are other ways to farm. After all, in the centuries before synthetic production was possible, farmers used organic fertilizers,. aka manure, aka animal poop. So why not now? Have any countries stopped using inorganic fertilizers entirely? Yes, so we actually have a very recent example of this taking place. And what we saw happen a couple of years ago as a directive from the Sri Lankan government was a ban on the use of inorganic fertilizer.
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