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Sustainable use of phosphorus: A finite resource
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Phosphorus is an essential element of life and of the modern agricultural system. Today, science, policy, agro-industry and other stakeholder groups are increasingly concerned about the sustainable use of this resource, given the dissipative nature of phosphorus and difficulties in assessing, evaluating, and coping with phosphorus pollution in aquatic and terrestrial systems. We argue that predictions about a forthcoming peak, followed by a quick reduction (i.e., physical phosphate rock scarcity) are unreasoned and stress that access to phosphorus (economic scarcity) is already, and may increasingly become critical, in particular for smallholders farmers in different parts of the world. The paper elaborates on the design, development, goals and cutting-edge contributions of a global transdisciplinary process (i.e. mutual learning between science and society including multiple stakeholders) on the understanding of potential contributions and risks related to the current mode of using phosphorus on multiple scales (Global TraPs). While taking a global and comprehensive view on the whole phosphorus-supply chain, Global TraPs organizes and integrates multiple transdisciplinary case studies to better answer questions which inform sustainable future phosphorus use. Its major goals are to contribute to four issues central to sustainable resource management: i) long-term management of biogeochemical cycles, in particular the challenge of closing the phosphorus cycle, ii) achieving food security, iii) avoiding environmental pollution and iv) sustainability learning on a global level by transdisciplinary processes.
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“Efficient recycling of manure could reduce the need of mineral nitrogen fertilizers whose industrial production requires large amounts of energy frequently supplied by fossil sources (Fischedick et al., 2014) and mineral phosphorous fertilizers which is a limited resource, even though estimated world phosphorous reserves have increased during the last years (Scholz et al., 2013).”
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“Efficient recycling of manure could reduce the need of mineral nitrogen fertilizers whose industrial production requires large amounts of energy frequently supplied by fossil sources (Fischedick et al., 2014) and mineral phosphorous fertilizers which is a limited resource, even though estimated world phosphorous reserves have increased during the last years (Scholz et al., 2013).”
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“During the industrial production of mineral nitrogen fertilizers, also climate gases and waste are emitted (Fischedick et al., 2014), and mineral phosphorus production relies on non-renewable limited sources (Scholz et al., 2013).”
From Intensify production, transform biomass to energy and novel goods and protect soils in Europe—A vision how to mobilize marginal lands (2018) · cites this paper as Scholz et al., 2013
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Metadata
- Authors
- Scholz, R. W., Ulrich, A. E., Eilittä, M., & Roy, A.
- Affiliations
- ETH Zurich (CH)
- International Fertilizer Development Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Scholz, Roland W.
- ORCID
- Scholz, Roland W.
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-09
- Volume
- 461-462
- Pages
- 799-803
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1994211429
- Cited by
- 308
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 24 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 35 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 19 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 18 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 27.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Keywords
- phosphorus, phosphorus cycling, phosphorus pollution, transdisciplinary research, smallholder farmers, food security, biogeochemical cycles, environmental pollution, sustainability learning
- MeSH terms
- Agriculture, Conservation of Natural Resources, Fertilizers, Food Supply, International Cooperation, Phosphorus, Interdisciplinary Communication
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