Countries are running out of phosphorus.

Links

https://phosphorusplatform.eu/

http://www.newtrient.com/

http://phosphorusfutures.net/

https://phosphorusalliance.org/

https://www.epa.gov/nutrientpollution

Nutrient Recycling Challenge

The phosphorus problem

1. Phosphorus equals food

   • Without phosphorus, we can't produce food. Phosphorus is as essential as water, carbon or oxygen.

2. Growing food demand, growing phosphorus demand

   • Nine billion mouths to feed by 2050 with growing appetite for meat and dairy means increasing demand for phosphorus.

3. An inefficient global food system

   • Phosphorus is mis-managed. Four-fifths is lost or wasted getting from mine to field to fork.

4. Finite phosphate: we've used up the good stuff

   • High quality phosphate rock is running out, and other resources are much more expensive.

5. Cheap fertilizer - a thing of the past for farmers

   • Farmers need access to phosphorus, yet a billion farmers lack access to fertilizer markets.

6. Geopolitical risks: an issue of national security?

   • 75% of the world's remaining phosphorus is in Morocco. The US has 20 years left. Europe and Australia have practically none.