Fertilizer

A fertilizer or fertiliser (in British English) is any material of natural or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) that is applied to soils or to plant tissues (usually leaves) to supply one or more plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants. This also depends on its soil fertility as well as organic things such as humic acid, seaweed and worm castings

Mechanism

Fertilizers enhance the growth of plants. This goal is met in two ways, the traditional one being additives that provide nutrients. The second mode by which some fertilisers act is to enhance the effectiveness of the soil by modifying its water retention and aeration. This article, like most on fertilizers, emphasises the nutritional aspect. Fertilizers typically provide, in varying proportions:

three main macronutrients:

Nitrogen (N): leaf growth;
Phosphorus (P): Development of roots, flowers, seeds, fruit;
Potassium (K): Strong stem growth, movement of water in plants, promotion of flowering and fruiting;

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2,000 bags of smuggled fertiliser�impounded in Upper West

Joy Online 06 May 2019

The Upper West Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has impounded two truckloads of subsidised fertiliser. The Sissala-bound trucks with registration numbers GB 8461-12 and GB 2409-12, each loaded with 1,000 bags each of the fertiliser, were headed for neighbouring Burkina Faso when they were impounded, JoyNews correspondent Rafiq Salaam reported....

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National Fertilisers net profit totals Rs 298 crore in FY 19

The Siasat Daily 03 May 2019

New Delhi. High capacity utilization and energy savings lifted operational revenue of National Fertilisers Limited (NFL) to Rs 12,245 crore on a standalone basis in 2018-19 compared to Rs 8,954 crore in the previous year ... Source ... ....

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Qatar Fertiliser Company issues tender for expansion project

MEED 02 May 2019

Bid submission deadline date is 30 May 2019. The post Qatar Fertiliser Company issues tender for expansion project appeared first on MEED ... ....

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MARKET REPORT: Sirius Minerals drops 20% after it taps investors for £310m to fund its Yorkshire fertiliser mine

This is Money 30 Apr 2019

The cash will be used to bore a mine around a mile below the North York Moors and 23 miles horizontally to extract and transport a fertiliser called polyhalite to the River Tees ... a fertiliser called polyhalite to the River Tees....

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Revamping fertiliser-subsidy targeting will build on earlier reforms

Financial Express 29 Apr 2019

Revamping fertiliser-subsidy targeting will build on earlier reforms ... ....

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How Cartels Have Pushed Up Fertiliser Prices, Making Food Costly

All Africa 29 Apr 2019

Kenyan farmers could be paying more for fertiliser than any other country in the world, in a scandalous distortion of the market and stranglehold by cartels that has made our farm produce so expensive that it cannot compete with imports, the Saturday Nation reveals .......

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The Fertiliser & Nitrogen Compounds Industry in South Africa, 2019 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Business Wire 29 Apr 2019

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "The Fertiliser and Nitrogen Compounds Industry in South Africa 2019" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report focuses on the manufacture, wholesale and retail of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds in South Africa ......

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South Africa's Fertiliser & Nitrogen Compounds Industry, 2019 with Sasol, Foskor and Omnia Leading the Competition

Nasdaq Globe Newswire 29 Apr 2019

Dublin, April 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "The Fertiliser and Nitrogen Compounds Industry in South Africa 2019" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering ... ....

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Chemical fertiliser crunch hits farmers hard

The Himalayan 29 Apr 2019

Farmers in Sindhuli, Ramechhap and Dolakha have been facing problems after the fertiliser stock in Agriculture Material Company Limited and Salt Trading Company ran out. Farmers said they could not use chemical fertiliser for seasonal crops after the crisis hit them hard....

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Farmer shocked after 18t of fertiliser bags slashed on his farm

Irish Independent 29 Apr 2019

0 Comments Farmer shocked after 18t of fertiliser bags slashed on his farm ... A FARMER who had 18 tonnes of fertiliser bags slashed on his farm by vandals is appealing to farmers to be vigilant against rural crime. https.//www.independent.ie/business/farming/news/rural-crime/farmer-shocked-after-18t-of-fertiliser-bags-slashed-on-his-farm-38060406.html....

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Clever chemistry could make fertiliser with a smaller carbon footprint

New Scientist 25 Apr 2019

There could finally be a way to make vital agricultural fertiliser without releasing huge amounts of greenhouse gases – but will it work on an industrial scale? ... ....

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Deepak Fertilisers to raise up to US$60 million via bonds

World Fertilizer 24 Apr 2019

Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Ltd has announced that its board has given in-principle approval to the company and its subsidiary for raising up to US$60 million through debt instruments....

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From fertiliser to artificial intelligence - the growing links between the UAE and China

The National 24 Apr 2019

Read More. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid arrives in China to take part in global summit ... Xi Jinping ... Profile ... By then, trade was already growing rapidly, tripling in the first 10 years of the UAE’s existence, based initially on the supply of fertiliser to China and the role of Sharjah’s airport as a major stopover for Chinese airlines heading for Europe ... ....