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Nutrient imbalances in agricultural development [1]

Nutrient cycles link agricultural systems to their societies and surroundings; inputs of nitrogen and phosphorus in particular are essential for high crop yields, but downstream and downwind losses of these same nutrients diminish environmental quality and human well-being.

Publication Date: 
19/06/2009
P. M. Vitousek [2], R. Naylor [3], T. Crews & et al [4]
Science [5]
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Water Pollution [6], Soil Capability [7], Agriculture [8], Agricultural Inputs [9], Chemical Fertilisers [10], Eutrophication [11], Kenya [12], China [13], United States Of America (US) [14]
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