[HTML][HTML] Budgeting nitrogen flows and the food nitrogen footprint of Egypt during the past half century: challenges and opportunities

AS Elrys, S Raza, AI Abdo, Z Liu, Z Chen… - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
Egypt is the largest nitrogen (N) fertilizer consumer in Africa. However, its nitrogen use
efficiency (NUE) is low, and the relationships between both dietary options and the NUE …

Dilemma of nitrogen management for future food security in sub-Saharan Africa–a review

C Masso, F Baijukya, P Ebanyat, S Bouaziz… - Soil …, 2017 - CSIRO Publishing
Food security entails having sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to meet dietary needs. The
need to optimise nitrogen (N) use for nutrition security while minimising environmental risks …

Technical opportunities to reduce global anthropogenic emissions of nitrous oxide

W Winiwarter, L Höglund-Isaksson… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe a consistent framework developed to quantify current and future anthropogenic
emissions of nitrous oxide and the available technical abatement options by source sector …

A framework for nitrogen futures in the shared socioeconomic pathways

DR Kanter, W Winiwarter, BL Bodirsky… - Global Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Humanity's transformation of the nitrogen cycle has major consequences for ecosystems,
climate and human health, making it one of the key environmental issues of our time …

Estimating food nitrogen and phosphorus footprints and budgeting nitrogen and phosphorus flows of Rwanda's agricultural food system during 1961–2020

F Bizimana, W Dong, X Li, A Timilsina, Y Zhang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are limiting factors for crop production in Rwanda where
food security is susceptible to inadequate agricultural techniques, especially fertilization …

Impact of organic fertilization by the digestate from by-product on growth, yield and fruit quality of tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) and soil properties under …

F Li, Y Yuan, N Shimizu, J Magaña, P Gong… - Chemical and Biological …, 2023 - Springer
Background The application of organic fertilizer is a sustainable approach to maintain soil
fertility in agricultural crop production. In contrast to other organic fertilizers, the digestate …

Beef and coal are key drivers of Australia's high nitrogen footprint

X Liang, AM Leach, JN Galloway, B Gu, SK Lam… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
Anthropogenic release of reactive nitrogen (Nr; all species of N except N2) to the global
nitrogen (N) cycle is substantial and it negatively affects human and ecosystem health. A …

How China's nitrogen footprint of food has changed from 1961 to 2010

M Guo, X Chen, Z Bai, R Jiang… - Environmental …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
People have increased the amount of reactive nitrogen (Nr) in the environment as a result of
food production methods and consumption choices. However, the connection between …

High-yield dairy cattle breeds improve farmer incomes, curtail greenhouse gas emissions and reduce dairy import dependency in Tanzania

JW Hawkins, AM Komarek, EM Kihoro, CF Nicholson… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
Tanzania's dairy sector is poorly developed, creating reliance on imports for processed,
value-added dairy products and threatening food security, particularly when supply chains …

The US consumer phosphorus footprint: where do nitrogen and phosphorus diverge?

GS Metson, GK MacDonald, AM Leach… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) are essential nutrients for food production but their excess
use in agriculture can have major social costs, particularly related to water quality …