Water

In the current climate of development finance, characterised by shrinking budgets and increasing pressure to justify spending, quick-win solutions are often favoured. Using small-scale irrigation as an example, our…

Fertilisation

Recent crises have had a severe impact on the fertiliser trade, and hence also on food systems. Our author maintains that fertiliser value chains have to be reviewed. Here, he calls for a broad approach with aspects…

Fertilisation

A 60-year global study covering 205 countries and regions has uncovered the evolutionary patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiency (NUE and PUE) in four major staple crops of rice, wheat, maize and soybean. Led…

Soils

Addressing soil health is recognised as a key strategy to improve fertiliser efficiency, and this is particularly important in Africa, where fertiliser is a scarce resource. Our authors have established the potential…

Food security

The world is currently experiencing a historic food crisis. High fertiliser prices are part of the problem. In addition to the necessary short-term aid measures, the crisis ought to be made use of to develop and…