Depletion of Ukraine’s Soils Threatens Long-Term Global Food Security
Researchers from the UK, Ukraine, and the Netherlands warn that Ukraine's soils are losing vital crop nutrients due to the war.
The war has led to reduced access to fertilisers and inefficient farming practices, resulting in more nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium being removed from soils than added back.
Military activity has also exacerbated existing degradation and erosion of soils across Ukraine, jeopardising the country's long-term ability to remain the 'breadbasket of Europe'.
More nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are now being removed from soils via harvested crops than added back in.
- Reduced access to fertilisers during the war
- Inefficient farming practices
- Military activity exacerbating soil degradation and erosion
This threatens not only Ukraine's crop production but also global food security.
Author summary: Ukraine's soil depletion jeopardises global food security.
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