Nurturing

To nurture, to care for and to look after, is all about being attentive and available to what is needed. Fertilizers are added to crops to produce enough food to feed the human population. They provide crops with nutrients like potassium, phosphorus, and nitrogen, which allow crops to grow bigger, faster, and to produce more food.

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Applying excessive amounts of fertilizer leads to the release of harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and the eutrophication of our waterways. The adverse effect of synthetic chemicals on human health and environment can only be reduced or eliminated by adopting new agricultural technological practices such as shifting from chemical intensive agriculture, to more natural way of farming, by using organic inputs such as manure, biofertilizers, biopesticides, slow-release fertilizer and nano fertilizers, to give soil the strength it needs to produce our vegetables.

Control points and evidence required to producers:

  • Nutrient management plan
  • Fertilisation records
  • Fertilisation based on measurements and real needs
  • Correct maintenance of fertilisation equipment
  • Correct storage of fertilizers
  • Prevention of nutrient emissions and efficient use of nutrients