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6.4 % of total agri-food system emissions come from fertilizer production and use (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
Sutton, William R., Alexander Lotsch, & Ashesh Prasann. 2024. Recipe for a Livable Planet: Achieving Net Zero Emissions in the Agrifood System. Agriculture and Food Series. Washington, DC: Banco Mundial. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-2093-9. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO
The article analyzes how Colombia is leveraging its microbial biodiversity to develop biofertilizers, examining scientific advances, market trends, and regulatory challenges facing the country in its efforts to promote more sustainable and competitive agriculture.
Laboratorio de Interacciones Moleculares de Microorganismos
Agrícolas (LIMMA) Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
Reyes, P., Oliveros, J., Racedo, C., & Giraldo, A. B. (2024). Uso de la biodiversidad para mejorar la agricultura: tendencias en la investigación y el mercado en biofertilizantes en Colombia. Naturaleza y Sociedad. Desafíos Medioambientales, (10).
80% of the world's fertilizer is consumed in middle-income countries (Sutton, Lotsch & Prasann, 2024).
Sutton, William R., Alexander Lotsch, & Ashesh Prasann. 2024. Recipe for a Livable Planet: Achieving Net Zero Emissions in the Agrifood System. Agriculture and Food Series. Washington, DC: Banco Mundial. doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-2093-9. License: Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO
International Fertilizer Association. 2022. “IFASTAT: Consumption” (web page). Accessed March 30, 2024. https://www.ifastat.org/databases/plant-nutrition.
75% of the fertilizers used in Argentine agriculture in 2021 were imported, with a value of USD 2.3 billion (World Bank, 2024).
Banco Mundial, 2024
Banco Mundial (2024), Hacia un sector agroalimentario más competitivo, inclusivo y resiliente en Argentina, © Washington, DC
8% of the total fertilizers produced globally is consumed by Brazil (Bullor et.al, 2023).
Bullor et.al, (2023)
Bullor, L., Braude, H., Monzón, J., Cotes Prado, A. M., Casavola, V., Carbajal Morón., N. y Risopoulos, J. 2023. Bioinsumos: Oportunidades de inversión en América Latina - Direcciones de inversión No. 9. Roma, FAO
With 70% of the market, fertilizers dominate the agrochemical sector, leaving the remaining 30% for pesticides (Bullor et.al, 2023).
Bullor et.al, (2023)
Bullor, L., Braude, H., Monzón, J., Cotes Prado, A. M., Casavola, V., Carbajal Morón., N. y Risopoulos, J. 2023. Bioinsumos: Oportunidades de inversión en América Latina - Direcciones de inversión No. 9. Roma, FAO
64% of LAC countries produce biostimulants or biofertilizers, while only 20% produce biopesticides (Bullor et.al, 2023).
Bullor et.al, (2023)
Bullor, L., Braude, H., Monzón, J., Cotes Prado, A. M., Casavola, V., Carbajal Morón., N. y Risopoulos, J. 2023. Bioinsumos: Oportunidades de inversión en América Latina - Direcciones de inversión No. 9. Roma, FAO
42% of agricultural producers in Latin America increased their consumption of bioinputs by at least 15% in the last three years (Bullor et.al, 2023).
Bullor et.al, (2023)
Bullor, L., Braude, H., Monzón, J., Cotes Prado, A. M., Casavola, V., Carbajal Morón., N. y Risopoulos, J. 2023. Bioinsumos: Oportunidades de inversión en América Latina - Direcciones de inversión No. 9. Roma, FAO
9 times the use of inorganic nitrogen fertilizers has increased since 1961, while irrigation water consumption has doubled (IPCC, 2019).
IPCC, 2019
IPCC, 2019: Climate Change and Land: an IPCC special report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems [P.R. Shukla, J. Skea, E. Calvo Buendia, V. Masson-Delmotte, H.-O. Pörtner, D. C. Roberts, P. Zhai, R. Slade, S. Connors, R. van Diemen, M. Ferrat, E. Haughey, S. Luz, S. Neogi, M. Pathak, J. Petzold, J. Portugal Pereira, P. Vyas, E. Huntley, K. Kissick, M. Belkacemi, J. Malley, (eds.)].
20% is Colombia's self-sufficiency rate in primary fertilizers (Corficolombiana, 2022).
Corficolombiana. (2022). Perspectiva sectorial: agroindustria. Bioinsumos: Panorama y oportunidades para el agro colombiano. 26 de Agosto de 2022.
