Sustainable Use of Water and Nutrients for Food Production
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Use and Irrigation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 December 2023) | Viewed by 7566
Special Issue Editor
Interests: recycling of water and nutrients for sustainable agriculture production; efficiency and economics of hydroponic systems; circular economy as applied to water and nutrients
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues，
Both nutrients and water are often the limiting factors for food production through agriculture, with the global annual demand for urea (nitrogen fertiliser), phosphorus pentoxide and potassium oxide being 230, 46 and 37 million metric tonnes (Mt), respectively. At this rate, according to some estimates, phosphorus deposits may be exhausted in about 50 to 60 years, with freshwater consumption similarly expected to reach 15.7 trillion m3/yr by 2100, out of which about 70% is consumed for agricultural purposes. These data indicate that the efficient and sustainable use of nutrients and water for agricultural food production will be critical to meet the food security and zero-hunger targets of the world. To achieve these goals, modern concepts, such as a circular economy, systems engineering and zero-waste concepts, will be very useful and rewarding in due course, helping to produce food under a low carbon and water footprint.
The goal of this Special Issue is to attract articles apropos the cutting-edge research activities taking place in various organisations across the globe, the editorial team hoping that the papers selected will serve as the basis for future work under the above theme.
Dr. Dharma Hagare
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- circular economy
- zero-waste systems
- minimum footprint
- low-carbon emission
- closed-loop recycling
- systems engineering
- food security
- zero hunger
