The balance of phosphorus in the agriculture of poland
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Date
2012
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Instytut Uprawy Nawożenia i Gleboznawstwa – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy w Puławach
Abstract
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Agriculture is a major factor interfering in the natural
cycle of nutrients, particularly through the intensification of production.
Phosphorus compounds are regarded as the most hazardous
threat generated by farming. The balances of phosphorus,
as one of many agroenvironmental indicators, are very important
source of information about rural influence on formation of
environment conditions. They apply to all levels of agriculture,
starting with a single cultivated field, through the farm, up to the
catchments, regions and whole countries.
Regarding NUTS 0 level, Poland belongs to the group of
countries with the lowest balance of phosphorus from among the
other UE and OECD countries taken into comparison in the paper.
The greater values of phosphorus balance were noticed in
the countries with intensive agriculture i.e. in Germany and Denmark.
The study of national and regional phosphorus balance (soil
surface nutrient balance according to OECD) showed that the difference
stems from the climatic and soil conditions as well as
from phosphorus management practices. The differentiation of
phosphorus balance on the greatest river catchments level in Poland
was not found, whereas a larger diversity, concerning the
range of phosphorus management propriety, was found at a province
level (NUTS 2).
Keywords
phosphorus balance, efficiency use, OECD methodology
Citation
Polish Journal of Agronomy
2012, 9, 29–33