IFA Podcasts
Podcasts from the International Fertilizer Association (IFA). IFA was founded in 1927 and is the only global fertilizer association, with more than 400 members in 70 countries and a mission to promote efficient and responsible production, distribution and use of plant nutrients. This mission plays a critical role in helping to feed the world sustainably. IFA represents providers of plant nutrition solutions. Members include fertilizer producers, traders and distributors, as well as their associations, service providers to the industry, research organizations, ag-tech startups and non-governmental organizations.www.fertilizer.orgLinkedIn: international-fertilizer-association-ifa Twitter: @FertilizerNews
Episodes
23 episodes
Novel fertilizers and their modes of action
This episode explores novel fertilisers, a technology transforming how we deliver essential minerals and nutrients to crops. They promise better efficiency and improved plant nutrition. Mike McLaughlin, lead author of a groundbreaking Issue Bri...
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Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions through responsible plant nutrition
In this episode, we'll dive into a crucial environmental challenge: the intersection of agriculture and climate change. We will focus on the relationship between fertilisers and greenhouse gas emissions and learn that even though fertilisers ar...
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18:48
Taking care of the soil takes care of planetary and human health - Part 2
Achim Dobermann continues discussing soil health with his guests and why we need healthy soil for a healthy planet and environment.
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17:21
Taking care of the soil takes care of planetary and human health - Part 1
Join Achim Dobermann and his guests for a discussion on soil health and why we need healthy soil for a healthy planet and environment.
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19:34
Fertilizer and soil health for enhanced productivity and sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa
In this episode, Sarah and Bernard discuss what it means for soil to be healthy and which physical, chemical and biological parameters determine soil health. He further explains how soil health impacts the health of our population.
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29:37
Plant nutrients can alleviate chronic and hidden hunger
In this episode, Sarah Wettstadt discusses with Patrick Brown and Fang-Jie Zhao how responsible plant nutrition can improve the health of people and alleviate hunger on our planet.
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18:12
Nutrient Use Efficiency as a means for responsible plant nutrition
Tom and Sarah discuss the essence and importance of Nutrient Use Efficiency and how this concept can help farmers improve their crop yields in a sustainable manner. Tom further explains how different indicators inform farmers to achieve positiv...
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20:46
Phosphate rock: Do we have enough for the future?
Phosphorus is an essential nutrient to support the growing global population's food needs. It has no substitutes. In this episode, Matt Lisley, Fertilizer Consultant at Argus Consulting Services, joins IFA Deputy Director-G...
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17:34
Open Data - Accelerating Crop Nutrition Advisory Solutions
Open data offers exceptional innovation opportunities across almost every sector.In this edition of the IFA Podcast, Ron Baruchi, President & CEO of Agmatix a...
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20:08
Episode 2 - Securing Food and Nutrition in 2022
Reduced fertilizer consumption in 2022 raises the risk of significantly lower crop yields in the next harvest. That means lower food production and ultimately more people at risk of hunger and starvation.In this second part of our
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Securing Food and Nutrition in 2022
Global food systems are fragile and millions of people around the world are at risk of hunger, even starvation. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on incomes, supply chains and economic growth, plus the ongoing effects of climate change and th...
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Episode 1
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Digital Solutions for Smallholder Farmers
Gabriel Eze, Co-founder & CFO, Rural Farmers Hub, Nigeria and Jamie Collinson, CTO, Innovative Solutions for Decision Agriculture (iSDA), UK, talked with IFA Chief Scientist Achim Dobermann about how digital advisory solutions can benefit s...
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25:55
Biofortification
Some 3 billion people in the world experience 'hidden hunger.' They might have enough rice, wheat and pulses to eat, for example, but the food lacks the vitamins and micronutrient minerals such as zinc, iron, selenium and iodine needed for norm...
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26:19
Accelerating Crop Nutrition Innovation
Kim Nicholson, VP of Ag Technology and Innovation at The Mosaic Company and Mike Pereira, Chief Agronomist of Finistere Ventures, talked to IFA Chief Scientist Achim Dobermann about why innovation should become the key driver for the transforma...
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What Is a Plant Nutrient?
Patrick Brown, Distinguished Professor of Plant Nutrition at the University of California-Davis and Katja Hora, Research Manager Specialty Plant Nutrition at SQM sat down with IFA Chief Scientist Achim Dobermann to explore the idea of a new, br...
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27:34
Understanding Soil Health
David Powlson, Lawes Agricultural Trust Fellow at Rothamsted Research and Joachim Lammel, VP of Sustainability and Strategic Research at Yara Farming Solutions talked to IFA Chief Scientist Achim Dobermann about soil health and carbon sequestra...
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29:26
New Fertilizer Technologies
Michael McLaughlin, Professor at the University of Adelaide, Australia and Ramesh Raliya, General Manager and Head of R&D at IFFCO's Nano Biotechnology Research Centre, India sat down with IFA Chief Scientist Achim Dobermann to discuss the ...
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23:42
The Benefits of Fertigation
Munir Rusan, Professor at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) and Hillel Magen, VP Agronomy at ICL Fertilizers and Director at the International Potash institute (IPI) sat down with IFA Deputy Director-General, Patrick Heffer, ab...
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28:57
Plant Nutrition and Biodiversity
Simon Attwood, former Head of Conservation at WWF Singapore, and IFA Chief Scientist, Achim Dobermann talk with IFA Communications Specialist Sam Joll about the relationship between fertilizers and biodiversity. Discover how farming and fertili...
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28:37
Biologicals in Action: Nitrogen Fixation
Manish Raizada, Professor in the Department of Plant Agriculture, University of Guelph and Marcus Meadows-Smith, CEO of BioConsortia talk with IFA’s Deputy Director-General, Patrick Heffer, about the benefits and potential of Nitrogen-fixing mi...
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