Morocco a top fertilizer producer could hold a key to the world’s food supply

Morocco a top fertilizer producer could hold a key to the world’s food supply

Subject: Agriculture

Section: Fertilizer

Context:

Morocco has a large fertiliser industry with huge production capacity and international reach. It is one of the world’s top four fertiliser exporters following Russia, China and Canada

Concept:

Fertilisers tend to divide into three main categories; nitrogen fertilisers, phosphorus fertilisers, potassium fertilizers.

Nitrogen Fertilizer:

It is considered to be the most important nutrient, and plants absorb more nitrogen than any other element.

Nitrogen is essential to in making sure plants are healthy as they develop and nutritious to eat after they’re harvested.

Because nitrogen is essential in the formation of protein, and protein makes up much of the tissues of most living things

Phosphorus fertilizers:

Phosphorus, is linked to a plant’s ability to use and store energy, including the process of photosynthesis

It’s also needed to help plants grow and develop normally. Phosphorus in commercial fertilizers comes from phosphate rock.

Potassium fertilizers:

Potassium helps strengthen plants’ abilities to resist disease and plays an important role in increasing crop yields and overall quality.

Potassium also protects the plant when the weather is cold or dry, strengthening its root system and preventing wilt