Economic considerations in fertilizer use and related public policy
1997
Nordblom, T.L. (ICARDA, Aleppo (Syria))
The enormous economic importance of fertilizers is seen in many forms at the farm and national levels. The complexity of the trade-offs and balances in fertilizer use decisions requires an integration of physical, biological and economic understanding. Examples are provided on the decisions for: (1) a single fertilizer on a single crop, (2) two fertilizers on one crop, (3) balances in crop rotation sequences over time, (4) balances across cropping zones, and (5) policy balances for efficiency, equity and environmental sustainability. Research teams ignoring the economic aspects of fertilizer choice relegate their work to academic interest only. Integration of economics with other studies on fertilizer use allows a research team to express their results in terms of greatest practical interest to farmers and policy-makers
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