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Is China agri-sentiment switching from chemical-fert to 'non-chemical' fertilisers'?
Is cost a big deciding factor to switch or not to switch?
What if you have alternative
- saving of 1/5 , 1/3 or 1/2 ?
Shall we start with tomatoes?
Recent Marc-May 2017 china news:
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China targets zero growth in chemical fertilizer use in 2020 - The ...
www.producer.com › News
Mar 18, 2015 -
China targets zero growth in
chemical fertilizer use in 2020 ...
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Overuse of chemical fertilizer has increased costs and damaged the agriculture ...
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China: Organic fertilizers promoted in veg production areas - FreshPlaza
www.freshplaza.com/.../China-Organic-fertilizers-promoted-in-veg-production-areas
12 hours ago -
"Our country will try to promote the cultivation of organic vegetables and the use of
organic fertilizers instead of chemical ones.
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China works further towards sustainable farming with organic fertilizers
www.freshplaza.com/.../China-works-further-towards-sustainable-farming-with-organ...
Mar 3, 2017 -
China works further towards sustainable farming with organic fertilizers
In February, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) released a plan to pilot a fertilizer-replacement program by the end of 2017 in 100 counties and districts. Over the years, Chinese farmers have grown dependent on chemical fertilizers to boost output, but that dependency has taken its toll on the land and has increased risks to public health.
To curb the overuse of chemicals in agriculture, China is promoting bio-fertilizers as an alternative.
But change comes with a price, as organic fertilizers cost around four times as much as their chemical brethren. The situation begs the question of whether Chinese farmers can go green without government support.
The pilot program is part of China's effort to switch to alternative organic fertilizers. They plan to use targeted fertilization, the integration of water and fertilizer, as well as promoting green disease and pest control to ensure chemical fertilizer and pesticide consumption stops rising by 2020. The task is immense. National chemical fertilizer use amounts to around one-third of the world's total consumption.
The amount of chemical fertilizers used in fruit growing in China per mu (0.067 hectares) is more than twice the figure of Japan, six times the figure of the US and seven times of that of the EU."Long-time reliance on chemical fertilizers to boost production has resulted in hardening and secondary salinization of soil, as well as pollution," Guo said.
source:
globaltimes.cn
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Since 2010:
The damaging truth about Chinese fertiliser and pesticide use | China ...
https://www.chinadialogue.net/.../5153-The-damaging-truth-about-Chinese-fertiliser-a...
Sep 7, 2012 -
Overuse of
fertilisers and
pesticides is causing pollution and food safety ... more,
Chinese agriculture has now become reliant on these
chemicals.
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China's soils ruined by overuse of chemical fertilisers
www.twn.my/title2/resurgence/2010/237/eco1.htm
by MW Ho -
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overuse of nitrogen fertilisers, decreasing productivity, ...
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Chemical Fertilizer Overuse Linked to Land Degradation in China ...
english.cas.cn › Newsroom › Research in China
Dec 26, 2014 -
Surveys show that over forty percent of cultivated land has been degraded, mainly via the
overuse of chemical fertilizers,
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Long-term overuse of fertilisers saps China's farmlands | South China ...
www.scmp.com › News › China › Society
Jul 15, 2015 - According to official data, consumption of
chemical fertilisers has increased sevenfold on the ...
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@apkjm ,
@ans25 , re 'whiripool forum net':
Lets hope there is no reaction from OHD competitors sneaking around here.
China-articles contain simple words; without the longest English
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (43 letters),
which is a disease caused by a prolonged exposure to fine siliceous dust.
Cheers
Dyor.
