Securing a sustainable phosphorus future for Australia: implications of global phosphorus scarcity and possible solutions

White, S; Cordell, DJ; Moore, DD

Securing a sustainable phosphorus future for Australia: implications of global phosphorus scarcity and possible solutions

White, S

Cordell, DJ

Moore, DD

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Publisher:: Institute for Sustainable Futures
Publication Type:: Report
Citation:: 2010, pp. 1 - 47
Issue Date:: 2010-01

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dc.contributor.author	White, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8078-5327	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cordell, DJ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5138-1569	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Moore, DD	en_US
dc.date.issued	2010-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2010, pp. 1 - 47	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/35033
dc.description.abstract	Food production is fundamentally dependent on inputs of key natural resources, including water, energy and nutrients. Meeting the needs of a growing world population means agricultural fields will need to expand or intensify, either way requiring more fertilisers, including phosphorus (FAO, 2006). Unlike energy and water resources, there is very little discussion, research and policies that addresses long-term availability and accessibility of phosphorus for global food production. Yet the worlds main source of phosphorus phosphate rock is declining in both quantity and quality. Indeed, peak phosphorus is anticipated in the coming decades, after which demand will exceed suppl	en_US
dc.format	Review report	en_US
dc.publisher	Institute for Sustainable Futures	en_US
dc.title	Securing a sustainable phosphorus future for Australia: implications of global phosphorus scarcity and possible solutions	en_US
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Abstract:

Food production is fundamentally dependent on inputs of key natural resources, including water, energy and nutrients. Meeting the needs of a growing world population means agricultural fields will need to expand or intensify, either way requiring more fertilisers, including phosphorus (FAO, 2006). Unlike energy and water resources, there is very little discussion, research and policies that addresses long-term availability and accessibility of phosphorus for global food production. Yet the worlds main source of phosphorus phosphate rock is declining in both quantity and quality. Indeed, peak phosphorus is anticipated in the coming decades, after which demand will exceed suppl

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