The story of phosphorus: Global food sec
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Dana Cordell; Jan-Olof Drangert; Stuart White
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Article
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2009
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Food production requires application of fertilizers containing phosphorus, nitrogen and potassium on agricultural fields in order to sustain crop yields. However modern agriculture is dependent on phosphorus derived from phosphate rock, which is a non-renewable resource and current global reserves m