Usage Outlook
Fertilisers Efficiency Enhancers
Today, the estimates that the use of urea treated with urease inhibitors in the EU27 + UK is around 15% of the total available urea fertilizer. The use of nitrification inhibitors instead, is less than 5% of available urea and ammonium-based fertiliser.
In some regions of the world, such as the U.S., inhibitors are commonly used by farmers.
In Europe, although the use of fertilisers treated with stabilisers has increased over the last two decades, they represent still a niche market segment.
The European Green Deal with its Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies as well as the EU climate policies and the recent Vision for Agriculture and Food have set challenging ambitions for a more efficient nutrients use and the contribution of the agricultural sector to the achievement of environmental and climate targets.
The European Green Deal with its Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies as well as the EU climate policies and the recent Vision for Agriculture and Food have set challenging ambitions for a more efficient nutrients use and the contribution of the agricultural sector to the achievement of environmental and climate targets.
Urease and nitrification inhibitors offer a solution to contribute to these ambitions. Both at experimental level and on field, stabilisers demonstrate their potential on the long term. Today, economic cost/benefits analysis are no longer sufficient to tackle the challenges of modern agriculture. To grasp the potential of the newer, more efficient and sustainable agricultural practices, Nutrients Use Efficiency, improved return on investment and simplified farm management altogether need to be taken into consideration. Contributing to a healthy living environment and to the protection of healthy ecosystems should become a priority for all production sectors, including in agriculture.