Fertilizer Use by Crop in Brazil

Land and Plant Nutrition Management Service
Land and Water Development Division

   
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2004
   
 
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Fertilizer use by crop in Brazil
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABSTRACT

PREFACE

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2 - SOILS AND CLIMATE

Soils
Climate

CHAPTER 3 - THE AGRICULTURAL STRUCTURE

The development of agriculture in Brazil
Agricultural structure
Adoption of agricultural technology
Crops

CHAPTER 4 - THE FERTILIZER SECTOR

Mineral fertilizer production
Mineral fertilizer consumption

CHAPTER 5 - ORGANIC FERTILIZERS

CHAPTER 6 - FERTILIZER CONSUMPTION BY CROP

Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Potassium

CHAPTER 7 - NUTRIENT BALANCES

CHAPTER 8 - PRICES AND PROFITABILITY OF FERTILIZERS

Prices of mineral fertilizers
Prices of agricultural products
Profitability of fertilizer use

CHAPTER 9 - FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTION

CHAPTER 10 - CONCLUDING REMARKS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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