Fertilizer Best Management Practices

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Papers presented at the IFA International Workshop on Fertilizer Best Management Practices 7-9 March 2007, Brussels, Belgium. — Paris: International Fertilizer Industry Association, 2007. — 259 pp. ISBN 2-9523139-2-X.<strong>Contents. General principles of fertilizer best management practices. Nutrient use efficiency – measurement and management <em>(A. Dobermann). Right product, right rate, right time and right place … the foundation of best management practices for fertilizer <em>(T.L. Roberts). Balanced fertilization for sustainable use of plant nutrients <em>(L. Cissé). Site-specific nutrient management <em>(R.J. Buresh and C. Witt). Integrated farming and integrated plant nutrient management <em>(C. Drummond). "Teaspoon feeding": precise plant nutrition through advanced application methods <em>(E. Barak and S. Raban). Fertilizer best management practices in the context of product stewardship<em> (J. Lammel). Can we define a global framework within which fertilizer best management practices can be adapted to local conditions? <em>(P.E. Fixen). Fertilizer best management practices: what level of adaptation to local conditions is realistic in a developing country context?<em> (J. Ryan). <strong>Strategy for the adoption of fertilizer best management practices. Adoption of fertilizer best management practices: the need for a sociological approach <em>(F.G. Palis, R.J. Buresh, G.R. Singleton and R.J. Flor). Changing farmers’ behavior in developing countries for a wider adoption of fertilizer best management practices – experience in Thailand <em>(K. Soitong). Farmers’ behavior and codes of fertiliser best management practices in India – viewpoint of Tata Chemicals Ltd <em>(B.B. Singh). Preliminary synthesis of farmers’ attitudes and preferences towards nutrient application in China and India<em> (H. Magen, P. Imas and S.K. Bansal). Stewardship of crop protection products: maximising benefits and minimising risks <em>(K.A. Jones). <strong>Voluntary initiatives vs regulations. An economic evaluation of best management practices for crop nutrients in Canadian agriculture <em>(R. Larson). Fertilizer best management practices in South America’s agricultural systems <em>(R. Melgar and E. Daher). Vountary farm management qualification under the French official Agriculture Raisonnée scheme <em>(P. Eveillard). Voluntary initiatives undertaken by the fertiliser industry of New Zealand<em> (H. Furness). Fertcare® – putting best practice into stewardship <em>(N. Drew). Principles, dissemination and performance of fertilizer best management practices developed in China <em>(F.S. Zhang, M.S. Fan and W.F. Zhang). Voluntary initiatives and regulations for fertiliser best management practices in India<em> (R.K. Tewatia). Fertilizer best management practices in Pakistan <em>(N. Ahmad). Fertilizer best management practices in Southeast Asia <em>(R.J. Buresh, C. Witt and J.M.C. Pasuquin). Global assessment of the situation of fertilizer best management practices <em>(A. Krauss). Possible entry points for action, an FAO overview <em>(J. Poulisse). Strategies for controlling nitrogen emissions from agriculture: regulatory, voluntary and economic approaches <em>(M.A. Sutton, J.W. Erisman and O. Oenema).

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