Phosphorus security: Future pathways to reduce food system vulnerability to a new global challenge

White, S; Cordell, D

Phosphorus security: Future pathways to reduce food system vulnerability to a new global challenge

White, S

Cordell, D

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Citation:: Global Resource Scarcity: Catalyst for Conflict or Cooperation?, 2017, pp. 59 - 72
Issue Date:: 2017-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	White, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8078-5327	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cordell, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5138-1569	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Global Resource Scarcity: Catalyst for Conflict or Cooperation?, 2017, pp. 59 - 72	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781138241022	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/127696
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 selection and editorial matter, Marcelle C. Dawson, Christopher Rosin and Navé Wald; individual chapters, the contributors. Phosphorus is an element that has significant interdependence with global food security. It is essential for plant growth, and the demand for phosphorus from fossil resources (phosphate rock) has grown rapidly in the last 100 years. This mirrors many other resources; however, the implications of a peak in production may be more profound in this case due to the lack of substitutability, the geopolitical concentration of known reserves and the implications for farmers across the world. Another factor that makes phosphorus important in global environmental terms is the impact of increased phosphorus use on downstream environments due to eutrophication of waterways.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Global Resource Scarcity: Catalyst for Conflict or Cooperation?	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.4324/9781315281612	en_US
dc.title	Phosphorus security: Future pathways to reduce food system vulnerability to a new global challenge	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - ISF - Institute for Sustainable Futures
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Abstract:

© 2018 selection and editorial matter, Marcelle C. Dawson, Christopher Rosin and Navé Wald; individual chapters, the contributors. Phosphorus is an element that has significant interdependence with global food security. It is essential for plant growth, and the demand for phosphorus from fossil resources (phosphate rock) has grown rapidly in the last 100 years. This mirrors many other resources; however, the implications of a peak in production may be more profound in this case due to the lack of substitutability, the geopolitical concentration of known reserves and the implications for farmers across the world. Another factor that makes phosphorus important in global environmental terms is the impact of increased phosphorus use on downstream environments due to eutrophication of waterways.

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