While we do not have precise figures, the fertilizer industry is often seen as investing significantly less in R&D compared to other input industries, explained in part by the fact that it is still largely a commodity business. An increasing number of fertilizer companies are beginning to invest into non-traditional segments like biologicals and digital tools, however, as they look to become full-service plant nutrition solution providers. Recent examples include:

NUE needs to be improved by digital tools to help fertilizer decision-making and application, using climate-smart fertilizers that show enhanced efficiency, and, in the case of some regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, by ensuring greater access to fertilizers, to help all farmers achieve the 4Rs of Nutrient Stewardship: applying the Right nutrient source, at the Right rate, at the Right time, in the Right place. The 4Rs can be greatly facilitated by precision ag tools such as digital platforms, sensors and artificial intelligence, which can all help to improve fertilizer recommendations and more precise and targeted fertilizer application.

According to the EU Nitrogen Expert Panel, an optimal NUE should be in the range of 50%-90%, while the average global NUE is currently around 45%-50%. Although some cropping systems in West Europe, Brazil, the US and Japan currently achieve around 70% NUE, other countries, such as China still have relatively low NUE, although it has already been improving for almost a decade. it’s important to keep in mind that a very high NUE (above 90-100%), such as we see in many parts of Sub Saharan Africa, signals that more nutrients are being removed by crops than introduced into the system, which leads to nutrient mining and poor soil health.

On the application side, to make fertilizer more sustainable, it is vital to improve nutrient use efficiency (NUE): the ratio between input of nutrients and output in terms of the nutrients taken up in the harvested crop. By increasing yields on existing farmland, higher NUE can help further preserve wild ecosystems, increase carbon capture through soil organic matter and reduce the estimated 1.5% of global greenhouse gasses that are currently produced by fertilizer application.

The bulk of the fertilizer industry’s energy demand, approximately 87%, is used for the production of ammonia using natural gas or other hydrocarbon feedstocks such as coal, to produce nitrogen-based fertilizers through the Haber-Bosch Process. While production plants built today with the most advanced technologies use 30% less energy per tonne of ammonia produced compared to older plants, the process remains energy intensive given the widespread use of fossil fuel feedstocks. Using techniques such as hydrolysis, powered by renewable energy, to produce so-called “green ammonia” could be a huge breakthrough, and may come into reach as renewable energy becomes more affordable.

The environmental footprint of fertilizers – both in terms of production as well as application – must shrink, but this cannot happen at the expense of higher agricultural yields, considering that we may have close to 10 billion people to feed by 2050.

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Organic Fertilizers, Vital for Soil fertility needs to be subsidised and Sold along with Urea - Inorganic Fertlizers. Soil Test should recommend Proportion of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer requirement. Sale Channel of Both Urea and Organic Fertlizers should same by the Govt. Soil Fertility - Microbial Nature - Anaerobic and Aerobic Nature os Soil increases.