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L2B.10: Biodiversity and Fertilizer Use

Taught by: Achim Dobermann

“Fertilizers and biodiversity” discusses how fertilizer use impacts biodiversity. We define biodiversity and analyze the major trends and biodiversity threats observed in recent decades, as well as how nutrients have negative or positive effects on different aspects of biodiversity.

L2B.09: Sustainable Food Production Chains

Taught by: Ken Giller

The fundamentals underlying regenerative agriculture will be extensively covered in this class. It will describe how the idea came to be, if it can withstand scrutiny, its primary criticisms, how it is used in the agricultural field, and lastly, a description of various methods to measure and monitor progress.

L2B.07: Technology Innovation and Novel Fertilizers

Taught by: Adnane Bargaz, Munir Rusan, Michael McLaughlin

Fertilizers will increasingly be produced in an environmentally friendly manner and they will embody greater amounts of knowledge to control the release of nutrients to the plant. Innovation in fertilizer formulation will lead to environmentally-friendly fertilizers that maximize nutrient capture by the crop and minimize losses of nutrients.

L2B.06: Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture

Taught by: Jessica Fanzo, Martin Broadley

This class will link agriculture versus human nutrition, nutrition-sensitive farming and biofortification, and will delve into how food crops are produced with higher nutritional value to address persisting as well as emerging mineral nutrient deficiencies and the triple burden of undernutrition which are micronutrient malnutrition, overweight/obesity and other non-communicable diseases.

L2B.04: Data drive – Crop Nutrition

Taught by: Steve Philipps

This class will delve into data-driven information which is used to improve on-farm decision making, different data types such as soil type maps, crop yield maps, soil fertility maps among many others, and their various uses.

L2B.02: Nutrient Budget and Nutrient Use Efficiency

Taught by: Xin Zhang

This class highlights the urgent needs for improving nutrient use efficiency and provides basic knowledge about nutrient use efficiency.

L2B.01: A New Paradigm for Plant Nutrition – Introduction

Taught by: Tom Bruulsema

This class deals with management of nutrients for sustainable agricultural production, focusing on the paradigm of Responsible Plant Nutrition which contributes to productive and profitable farms.

L2A.14: Scope 3 Emissions Reporting

Taught by: Tom Bruulsema, Paddy Ellen, Thomas Hegarty

This class will examine fertilizer emissions in the field, with a focus on emissions from the soil during fertilizer application and possible solutions from the fertilizer industry.

L2A.06: Sustainable Phosphate Production – Part 1

Taught by: Hicham Benyoucef

This class is an introductory presentation focusing on Sustainable Phosphate Production. The class will provide an overview of the big challenges of the phosphate industry and the P efficient use, generated waste and losses occurring within the whole value chain, starting from the mining and beneficiation passing by the chemicals and fertilizers production.

L2A.03: Fertilizer Quality and Quality Control

Taught by: Jan Petter Fossum

Product quality is about meeting our customers’ expectations on physical and chemical quality but also on the services and the delivery. In this webinar the main focus will be what impacts the physical and chemical quality.

​L1.10: Introduction to Nutrient Management in Semi- and Arid Agriculture Regions

Taught by: Karl Wyant

In these modules, Dr. Karl Wyant introduces participants to the unique soil chemistry challenges faced in arid and semi-arid agricultural regions. Module 1 focuses on understanding soil properties, such as low organic matter and high pH levels, that impact fertilizer efficiency, emphasizing the need for sustainable intensification. In module 2, the discussion shifts to the crucial role of soil moisture and drought conditions, exploring how water availability influences nutrient uptake, particularly through mass flow and diffusion, and how farmers can adapt fertilizer management to mitigate the effects of water stress on crops.

L1.01B: Introduction to Fertilizers

Taught by: Terry Roberts

In this introductory class on fertilizers, students will delve into the fundamental concepts of plant nutrition. Throughout this course, students will explore the three primary nutrients that are essential for plant growth: nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium.

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