A new study published in Biochar presents a greener way to make slow-release fertilizers that could help farmers grow ...

As the authors state in their preface, this is the first English treatise on artificial fertilisers which deals in any detail with the technique of the manufacture of fertilisers. This, the first of ...

Most fertiliser is a by-product of the oil industry, which is why it's so vulnerable to the current blockade. But there are other sources the industry could eventually switch to.

Cornell scientists have made a breakthrough in their understanding of fertilizer chemistry, and its role in worsening the effects of climate change. The new research, published last month in the ...

The growing use of toxic agricultural chemicals including fertilisers is also driving a scaling up of sustainable agrochemical alternatives. In South Africa, I’ve been exploring why small-scale ...