Here's How To Farm Using LESS Chemical Fertilizer...

Welcome back to Down On The Farm, today on the channel we are going to break down details as Study finds that using less chemical fertilizer still produces large crop yields + other related news. Farmers could continue to produce high crop yields with far less use of artificial fertilisers if they adopted environmentally sustainable practices, an academic study has shown for the first time. Techniques such as adding manure and compost to soils, growing nitrogen-fixing plants between crops, and cultivating a wide range of produce instead of sticking to the same crops, can all increase yields while protecting and improving the natural ecosystems of farms. Adopting these practices would be enough to replace a substantial proportion of chemical fertiliser, the price of which has soared owing to high fuel prices and the war in Ukraine, the study found.

Chloe MacLaren, a plant ecologist at Rothamsted Research in the UK who is the lead author of the paper published on Monday in the peer review journal Nature Sustainability, said: “Reducing reliance on chemical fertilisers would help to buffer farmers and consumers against economic shocks, such as the current spike in fertiliser costs and consequent increase in food prices. Widespread uptake of these practices could also contribute to a more equitable global distribution of fertiliser.” In the study, scientists analysed 30 long-running experiments on farms in Europe and Africa to assess how natural farming methods could improve yields. Meanwhile, Rising fertilizer prices pose threat to food security – World Bank. Governments are urged to take action to make fertilizers more accessible and affordable by providing credit facilities and encouraging efficient use to prevent a prolonged food crisis. In the latest World Bank blog, Juergen Voegele, vice president for sustainable development at the World Bank, called on policy makers to immediately act as skyrocketing fertilizer prices are posing a threat to food security. Watch the whole video to learn more about how using less chemical fertilizer still produces large crop yields and other related news.

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