Characterizing the river water quality in China: Recent progress and on-going challenges

J Huang, Y Zhang, H Bing, J Peng, F Dong, J Gao… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Food production systems, urbanization, and other anthropogenic activities dramatically alter
natural hydrological and nutrient cycles, and are primarily responsible for water quality …

Exploring phosphorus fertilizers and fertilization strategies for improved human and environmental health

PS Bindraban, CO Dimkpa, R Pandey - Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2020 - Springer
Mineral phosphorus (P) fertilizers support high crop yields and contribute to feeding the
teeming global population. However, complex edaphic processes cause P to be …

Membrane-based processes for wastewater nutrient recovery: Technology, challenges, and future direction

M **e, HK Shon, SR Gray, M Elimelech - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Wastewater nutrient recovery holds promise for more sustainable water and agricultural
industries. We critically review three emerging membrane processes–forward osmosis (FO) …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting fertilisers and fertilisation strategies for improved nutrient uptake by plants

PS Bindraban, C Dimkpa, L Nagarajan, A Roy… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2015 - Springer
Meeting human needs within the ecological limits of our planet calls for continuous reflection
on, and redesigning of, agricultural technologies and practices. Such technologies include …

Phosphorus flows and balances of the European Union Member States

KC Van Dijk, JP Lesschen, O Oenema - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Global society faces serious “phosphorus challenges” given the scarcity, essentiality,
unequal global distribution and, at the same time, regional excess of phosphorus (P) …

Long-term accumulation and transport of anthropogenic phosphorus in three river basins

SM Powers, TW Bruulsema, TP Burt, NI Chan… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Global food production depends on phosphorus. Phosphorus is broadly applied as fertilizer,
but excess phosphorus contributes to eutrophication of surface water bodies and coastal …

Agriculture and eutrophication: where do we go from here?

PJA Withers, C Neal, HP Jarvie, DG Doody - Sustainability, 2014 - mdpi.com
The eutrophication of surface waters has become an endemic global problem. Nutrient
loadings from agriculture are a major driver, but it remains very unclear what level of on-farm …

Struvite: a slow-release fertiliser for sustainable phosphorus management?

PJ Talboys, J Heppell, T Roose, JR Healey, DL Jones… - Plant and soil, 2016 - Springer
Background and aim Recycled sources of phosphorus (P), such as struvite extracted from
wastewater, have potential to substitute for more soluble manufactured fertilisers and help …

Key sustainability challenges for the global phosphorus resource, their implications for global food security, and options for mitigation

RB Chowdhury, GA Moore, AJ Weatherley… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Global food security is a priority for the future development agenda of the United Nations.
Given the high dependence of the modern global food production system on the continuous …

Use of commercial bio-inoculants to increase agricultural production through improved phosphrous acquisition

D Owen, AP Williams, GW Griffith, PJA Withers - Applied Soil Ecology, 2015 - Elsevier
Meeting increasing global demand for food, fibre, and bioenergy requires efficient use of
finite resources, and presents a key sustainability challenge to the agricultural industry …