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Inorganic Fertilizers: Necessity to Achieve Global Zero Hunger Target

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Any natural or synthetic-chemical material added to soil to provide one or more of the essential elements required for proper plant growth and development is called a fertilizer (Kiiski et al. 2000). The term fertilizer is basically derived from the Latin word “fertilis” that means fruit bearing. Fertilizers are the refined product that provides required nutrients to plants without the addition of any harmful substance greater than permissible limits. Many prefixes are used for such products, i.e., synthetic, inorganic, mineral, chemical, or artificial fertilizers (FAO 2006).

Inorganic Fertilizers: Necessity to Achieve Global Zero Hunger Target

Inorganic fertilizers are those that are obtained from mineral deposits after little processing, and some are industrially prepared (Mtambanengwe et al. 2007). The necessary food needed by the rapidly growing world population is largely provided by crops (Emmerson et al. 2014). Therefore, an equally rapid and consistent increase in...

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  1. Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Saqib, Rabia Yasin & Javaid Akhtar

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  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, The University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Brazil

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  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökçin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

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Saqib, M., Yasin, R., Akhtar, J. (2020). Inorganic Fertilizers: Necessity to Achieve Global Zero Hunger Target. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) Zero Hunger. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95675-6_29

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