DzU article from 27.11.2024 | Last changed: 27.11.2024
Indicator: Agricultural nitrogen surplus
… of waterbodies, acidification of terrestrial ecosystems and the formation of greenhouse gases. An introduction to the issue of nitrogen surplus is given in the … balance per hectare of agricultural land decreased by around 34 %. Farmers are using nitrogen more efficiently, the area of cultivation of high-output crops has … would be achieved. But the nitrogen balance also shows: almost half of the nitrogen used does not end up in the products, so nitrogen efficiency is still relatively low …