Christine Jones -- Nitrogen: The double-edged sword
Channel: Bionutrient Food Association
Date: 2018-01-18

The use of inorganic nitrogen in agriculture is recognised as a highly inefficient - and polluting - practice. Globally, over $100 billion of nitrogen fertilisers are applied to crops and pastures every year. Between 10 and 40% of the applied nitrogen is taken up by plants. Much of the remaining 60% to 90% is returned to the atmosphere as ammonia or nitrous oxide - or leached to aquatic ecosystems as nitrate. Due to its high mobility, inorganic nitrogen has become a key stressor for terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments. This session will explore how a whole-farm approach to the restoration of soil biodiversity can replace the need for inorganic nitrogen fertilizers.

Christine Jones, PhD, Founder of Amazing Carbon (Australia) and soil ecologist
...speaking at the 2017 Soil & Nutrition Conference