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The leakage of nutrients such as nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorous from agricultural production to the soil or the water, are a key challenge for Europe’s agrifood system. [SHUTTERSTOCK/Miha Creative]
Skyrocketing fertiliser prices and the ongoing struggle to reduce dependence on Russia for these products have revived interest in the so-far neglected topic of how to increase the efficiency of fertiliser use.
The need to reduce nutrient losses in the agriculture system is considered one of the main drives to improve efficiency and cope with the current global mineral fertiliser crisis, which has hit the EU particularly hard.
In this series of articles, Euractiv’s agrifood team explores what lies ahead when it comes to the objective of reaching better nutrient management in the EU’s food systems.
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EU stalls on strategy to curb nutrient losses
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The European Commission wants to make the bloc "circular" on nutrients and curb nitrogen losses in agriculture, but a long-awaited strategy on the matter appears to hang in the balance as EU elections approach.
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