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EFFICIENCY
Impact of Nitrogen on Global Agriculture:
Technology Profile:
Nitrogen fertilizers have been essential to boosting crop productivity in recent
decades. They help farmers grow heartier and healthier crops that can feed
a growing population. However, most plants can only absorb part of the
nitrogen in fertilizer, which leaves essential nutrients unused. New seed traits
that allow crops to use nitrogen more efficiently and effectively can provide
an immense boost to productivity and help farmers grow significantly more
food, especially as climate change threatens production.
Nitrogen Challenge:
Fertilizers contain essential nitrogen
nutrients for plants. However, most
crops can only absorb about half the
nitrogen contained in the fertilizer,
while the rest is lost to the atmosphere.1
ABSORBED
NITROGEN
UNUSED
NITROGEN
•Nitrogen-use efficient (NUE)
crops, developed through
biotechnology, absorb applied
fertilizers more efficiently,
leading to better growth and
increased production.
•Rice, maize and canola varieties
with the NUE trait are expected to
reach the market in the next 7-10
years. Research trials show that
NUE crops yield as much as 15%
more per acre than crops without
the trait.2
•NUE crops could double maize
yields in Sub-Saharan Africa
by 2050.3
•A recent study estimated that
NUE crops could reduce the
amount of people at risk of
hunger by 124 million in 2050.4
Nitrogen-use efficient seeds
could absorb more nitrogen and
significantly increase harvests.
Global Benefits:
By 2050, agriculture will need to produce enough food to feed 9 billion people while battling increasingly difficult growing environments
due to climate change. Nitrogen-use efficient crops will enable farmers to improve productivity, even in the face of these challenges,
and deliver yield benefits around the world:
Global
Production
Worldwide yield improvements on irrigated acreage with
nitrogen-use efficient crops5
North America
46-56% increase
31-40%
increase
Maize:
43% increase
Western Europe
14% increase
East Asia and Pacific
43% increase
11% increase
Middle East and
North Africa
57% increase
Rice:
52% increase
South Asia
Latin America
and the Caribbean
92% increase
Wheat:
23% increase
Sub-Saharan Africa
96% increase
66% increase
44% increase
50% increase
30% increase
51% increase
43% increase
References:
1. Arcaida Biosciences. (http://www.arcadiabio.com/nitrogen)
2. Grooms, L., 2012, “Seed companies developing hybrids that use nitrogen more efficiently,” Farm Industry News, August 31, (http://farmindustrynews.
com/biotech-traits/seed-companies-developing-hybrids-use-nitrogen-more-efficiently).
3. 2014 International Food Policy Research Institute: Food Security in a World of Natural Resource Scarcity: The Role of Agricultural Technologies.
4. 2014 International Food Policy Research Institute: Food Security in a World of Natural Resource Scarcity: The Role of Agricultural Technologies.
5. International Food Policy Research Institute AgriTech Toolbox Crop Model: http://apps.harvestchoice.org/agritech-toolbox/
To learn more about climate change impacts and plant science solutions:
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