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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Pollution by fertilizers

Pollution by fertilizers

Broader

Nitrogen compounds as water pollutants
Excellent
Excessive reliance on mineral fertilizers
Presentable
Effluent runoff from agricultural land use
Unpresentable
Air pollution from agricultural land use
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Phosphates as pollutants
Presentable
Metal contamination of soil
Presentable
Increase in nitrous oxides in the atmosphere
Presentable
Chemical contamination of water
Presentable
Silicates as pollutants
Unpresentable
Nitrogen overdosage of plants
Unpresentable
Nitrates as pollutants
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Unskilled crop dusting
Presentable

Strategy

Draining fields to prevent waterlogging
Presentable
Decreasing atmospheric nitrous oxide concentrations
Yet to rate

Value

Pollution
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero HungerSustainable Development Goal #15: Life on Land

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Industry » Chemical products » Chemical products
  • Societal problems » Pollution
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J4939
    DOCID
    12049390
    D7NID
    134820
    Last update
    Nov 30, 2023