{"id":38316,"date":"2022-05-25T10:54:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T07:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=38316"},"modified":"2022-05-25T10:54:18","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T07:54:18","slug":"brazil-uses-natural-fertilizers-for-fear-of-disrupting-imports-amid-the-war-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=38316","title":{"rendered":"Brazil uses natural fertilizers for fear of disrupting imports amid the war in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 25 , May , 2022 | Society.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brazil has started using natural fertilizers for fear that the war in Ukraine will disrupt imports of important fertilizers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brazil is a leading producer of soybeans, corn, cotton, sugar cane and coffee and the fourth largest consumer of chemical fertilizers based on nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, ie NPK.&nbsp;It imports about 80 percent of its total supplies, 25 of which come from Russia, a country currently under Western sanctions for attacking Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is forcing Brazilian farmers to look for alternatives, including remineralizers or &#8220;agrominerals&#8221; &#8211; crushed nutrient-rich rocks that are scattered in the fields before sowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quote<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Brazil is a tropical country, and rains tend to wash away nutrients from the soil. Stone powder restores and rejuvenates the soil,&#8221; said Marcio Remedio, director of mineral resources at the Brazilian Geological Survey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to geologist Susie Huff Theodoro, this technique also &#8220;allows plant roots to grow better and get the nutrients they need to grow.&#8221;&nbsp;She added that in Brazil there are rocks of the right profile in different parts of the country, the cost of which is &#8220;much cheaper&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to researcher Jose Carlos Polidoro, Brazil will still use NPK in the foreseeable future, but this could dramatically reduce dependence on foreign suppliers.&nbsp;Organic and organic fertilizers have the potential to cut Brazil&#8217;s imports by 20 percent, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Before<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some EU countries have already talked about the seventh package of sanctions against Russia.\u00a0According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, one of the proposals for a new package is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unn.com.ua\/uk\/news\/1977136-vbiti-rosiyskiy-eksport-u-yes-zagovorili-pro-somiy-paket-sanktsiy-proti-rosiyi\">to kill Russian exports<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unn.com.ua\/\">Ukrgate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 25 , May , 2022 | Society.\u00a0\u00a0 Brazil has started using natural fertilizers for fear that the war in Ukraine will disrupt imports of important fertilizers.\u00a0 Details Brazil is a leading producer of soybeans, corn, cotton, sugar cane and coffee and the fourth largest consumer of chemical fertilizers based on nitrogen, phosphorus and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":38317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11447,10831],"tags":[5601,813,1000,1064,1854],"class_list":["post-38316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-society","category-war-news","tag-brazil","tag-russia","tag-ukraine-news","tag-war","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38324,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38316\/revisions\/38324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}