The importance of fertilizers
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The world's population is growing and we will be 9 billion people by 2050. By then we need to make 60% more food on the same area of land.
Yara can make a difference. We need to act but we also need to protect the earth's food, its resources and the environment.
Why is fertilizer important for feeding the world?
Just as humans need essential minerals and nutrients for strong, healthy growth, so do the world's crops. Our core business of fertilizer production is intimately connected with agricultural productivity and food production.
Why do we need fertilizers?
Crops require a balanced diet of essential nutrients throughout their growth cycle.
How we make our fertilizer
Mineral fertilizers play a central role to achieve the yield and returns expected by farmers and required by a growing world population. But where does mineral fertilizer actually come from? Under which conditions is it produced?
