Excess phosphorus from croplands
"Excess phosphorus" is the difference between nutrient inputs (from fertilizers and manure) and the amount harvested in crop material. This representsphosphorus that is lost to the environment and can create ecological imbalances on ecosystems and in water bodies.
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- Average nitrate concentration in freshwater
- Average phosphorus concentration in freshwater
- Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use
- Eutrophying emissions per 100 grams of protein
- Eutrophying emissions per 1000 kilocalories
- Eutrophying emissions per kilogram of food product
- Excess nitrogen from croplands
- Excess nitrogen per hectare of cropland
- Excess phosphorus per hectare of cropland
- Fertilizer application rates over the long-run
- Fertilizer consumption
- Fertilizer inputs per unit of agricultural land
- Fertilizer production by nutrient type
- Fertilizer use by nutrient
- Fertilizer use per capita
- Fertilizer use per hectare of arable landLine chart
- Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland
- Fertilizer use per hectare of croplandStacked bar chart
- Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita
- Global fertilizer exports: how much comes from Russia, Belarus & Ukraine?
- Nitrogen and phosphorus concentration in coastal areas
- Nitrogen fertilizer use per hectare of cropland
- Nitrogen inputs per hectare of cropland
- Nitrogen output vs. nitrogen input to agriculture
- Nitrogen use efficiency
- Phosphate fertilizer use per hectare of cropland
- Phosphorous inputs per hectare of cropland
- Potash fertilizer use per hectare of cropland
- Share of global excess nitrogen from croplands
- Share of global excess phosphorus from croplands
- Total applied phosphorous to crops
- Total nitrogen inputs to crops
- Which countries overapplied nitrogen without gains in crop yields?
- World population supported by synthetic nitrogen fertilizers
- World population with and without synthetic nitrogen fertilizers