Fertiliser Reforms Challenges and Opportunities Conclusions and Recommendations

摘要

1. World fertiliser consumption registered an impressive growth of 6.2 per cent for total nutrients in 2010-11 over the previous year. The growth in consumption of N, P and K was 2.6, 8.8 and 17.7 per cent respectively during the period. 2. Between 2007-08 and 2011-12, largest Increase in consumption in N, P and K has taken place in South Asia. There has been decline in consumption in West Asia and West Europe during the period. However, in West Europe, increasing consumption is coming from organic sources. There are regulations in West Europe that all organic sources are to be recycled and added in the soil. In France during 2007, 700 thousand tonnes of P was added in the soil from organic sources and only 640 thousand tonnes added from fertilisers.