Fostering a sustainable use of phosphorus

(CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change) Phosphorus is critical to food security, ecosystem functioning and human activities. Urbanization and dietary changes, and in particular industrial use of P for chemical fertilizer production, have determined a declining trend especially in the last decades. A study recently published on Nature food realized with the contribution of the CMCC Foundation provides some suggestions on how to address this critical issue while protecting ...