Should we produce more artificial fertilizers to produce more food?

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MYP Science - One World Essay

Should we produce more artificial fertilizers to produce more food?

Woodside Park International School

Ryutaro Tanno 11K

Content

Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2

Why have farmers in the present time relied on use --------------------------------------------- 2

of artificial fertilizers rather than organic fertilizers?

What is the Haber Process and are its disadvantages? ----------------------------------------- 3

What are the negative effect of artificial fertilizers on people and the environment? ----- 5

Conclusion -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7

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Introduction

The world's cultivated lands are limited and it is sad that only eight billion people can be sustained by the present ability of world food production. Nowadays food shortages in Less Developed Countries, especially African countries have deepened over the few decades and the United Nation has speculated that the world population will increase to 9.2 billions by 2050. Unless we take certain measures even more people will starve to death in the future. Although some researchers have advocated that we need to utilize more artificial fertilizers to catch up with the fast growing demands for food, there have