The advantages deriving from the use of organo-mineral fertilizers in agriculture have been known for decades and well documented in the Bibliography, as well as demonstrated “in the field” by agricultural practice.
Today, however, organo-mineral fertilization, by virtue of the high efficiency that characterizes it, takes on a greater meaning and importance in light of two situations, the first is of an extremely agronomic nature (excessive exploitation of agricultural land, with its impoverishment and destructuring) and the second is of a cyclical and geopolitical nature, in essence Europe’s dependence on Russia (and Belarus) for the supply of raw materials intended for the formulation of mineral and organo-mineral fertilizers (urea, ammonium nitrate, potassium, phosphorus).
The tensions linked to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the consequent sanctions imposed by the EU on the invading country and the repeatedly feared restrictions on fertilizer exports by Vladimir Putin require a review of crop fertilization strategies, which aims to maximize the effectiveness of this practice and limit the loss of the fertilizer units distributed to a minimum.