text: Fertiliser – News, Research and Analysis – The Conversation – page 1
  Articles on Fertiliser
  Xiaofeng Feng, University of Central Florida
  Producing ammonia, which is a key ingredient in fertilizers, is one of the world's most energy-intensive chemical manufacturing processes. Now there's a new low energy option in development.
  The new funding is focused on measures that are already in the foreground. Robert Linsdell/Flickr
  The federal government's new $500 million funding package for the Great Barrier Reef seems predominantly focused on the tactics that are already being tried, without much success.
  Tien Huynh, RMIT University
  Plenty of cafes these days will let you take home some used coffee grounds, to put on your garden. It's a versatile material with loads of potential uses - as long as you treat it properly first.
  Affordable tractors improved food security in Nigeria Mugisha Don de Dieu/Flickr
  Somehow we need to grow more food to feed an expanding population while minimising the problems associated with nitrogen fertiliser use.
  Beefy problem: livestock emit methane, but the soils where they graze can be much more climate-friendly than cropland. AAP Image/Caroline Duncan Photography
  Too much fertiliser can kill all life in parts of the ocean. It has happened before – and could do so again.
  Senior Research Fellow and Science Director, Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Melbourne