Unit 1: Three experts provide new insights on how fertilizers affect agriculture, nutri... - 0 views
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While supplements and fortification play one role in health needs, he says that fertilizers can make seeds and grains more productive, improve the quality of nutrient uptake, and increase nutrient absorption.
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Maggie Ausburn on 08 Nov 11Connection to soil components from the lab. Potassium, phosphorus, and nitrogen all affect the soil and help the crops that are planted in the soil to grow strong, mature faster, and take in the necessary nutrients it needs.
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Agriculture is constrained by land and water shortages, complex demands of the food cycle, and climate change.
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Connection with water conservation and usage. There is a water shortage so conservation techniques need to be used like drip irrigation in order for plants to get the amount of water they need and to grow up healthy so that there is a healthy food source for us to eat.
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health risks and
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Connection to soil. Potassium is a component in the soil that helps plants to grow strong and to help fight off disease, so perhaps more potassium and other nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen in the soil will save the crops from disease this way there will be more healthy crops for humans to eat.
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plant diseases
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Connection between soil nutrition and nutrition of the crops that grow out of it.
