Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

After reviewing Andrew's comments I have to put in a note of concern regarding the emphasis on Organic Fertilizer. There are 2 main concerns one is the volume of organic material available to make organic fertilizer relative to the potential demand. I fear you can only meet a very small fraction of total need through organic material. The second concern is the labor required to collect process and redistribute organic fertilizers, the caloric energy this will require, and will that energy be recovered by the higher yields. I seriously doubt it. Please review the following webpages including links to other pages:

http://smallholderagriculture.agsci.colostate.edu/organic-source-of-nut…

http://smallholderagriculture.agsci.colostate.edu/calorie-energy-balanc…

Thank you,

Dick