Climate-smart crop-livestock systems for smallholders in the tropics: Integration of new forage hybrids to intensify agriculture and to mitigate climate change through regulation of nitrification in soil- Academic Article uri icon

Resumen

  • It is widely recognized that less than 50% of applied nitrogen (N) fertilizer is recovered by crops and, based on current fertilizer prices, the economic value of this “wasted” N globally is currently estimated as US$81 billion annually. Worse still, this "wasted" N has major effects on the environment (Subbarao et al. 2012).

Fecha de publicación

  • 2014