Sustainable agri-food systems: environment, economy, society, and policy

H El Bilali, C Strassner, T Ben Hassen - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development.
Despite this growing interest in AFS, comprehensive analyses of the scholarly literature are …

Trace metal elements vaporization and phosphorus recovery during sewage sludge thermochemical treatment–a review

B Galey, M Gautier, B Kim, D Blanc, V Chatain… - Journal of hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) plays essential roles in crops growth. Natural mineral sources of phosphate
are non-renewable, overexploited and unevenly distributed worldwide, making P a strategic …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a circular nutrient economy. A novel way to analyze the circularity of nutrient flows in food systems

R Harder, M Giampietro, S Smukler - Resources, Conservation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent years have seen a steep rise in the interest in nutrient circularity. In the context of
food systems and waste management, nutrient circularity seems to generally encompass the …

Hydrothermal carbonization of microalgae for phosphorus recycling from wastewater to crop-soil systems as slow-release fertilizers

Q Chu, T Lyu, L Xue, L Yang, Y Feng, Z Sha… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the finite stocks of phosphate rock and low phosphorus (P) use efficiency (PUE) of
traditional mineral P fertilizers, more sustainable alternatives are desirable. One possibility is …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing agro-food system circularity using nutrient flows and budgets

A Papangelou, E Mathijs - Journal of environmental management, 2021 - Elsevier
Nutrient reuse and recycling is a key strategy towards more circular and sustainable food
systems and depends on the specific conditions of the area under study, such as geography …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphorus stocks and flows in an intensive livestock dominated food system

SA Rothwell, DG Doody, C Johnston, KJ Forber… - Resources …, 2020 - Elsevier
Current use and management of phosphorus (P) in our food systems is considered
unsustainable and considerable improvements in the efficiency of P use are required to …

Fixing the broken phosphorus cycle: wastewater remediation by microalgal polyphosphates

SP Slocombe, T Zúñiga-Burgos, L Chu… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Phosphorus (P), in the form of phosphate derived from either inorganic (Pi) or organic (Po)
forms is an essential macronutrient for all life. P undergoes a biogeochemical cycle within …

Inoculation of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria improves soil phosphorus mobilization and maize productivity

I Beltran-Medina, F Romero-Perdomo… - Nutrient Cycling in …, 2023 - Springer
Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria represent a bioalternative in making soil-immobilized
phosphorus (P) available to plants, and consequently improve agriculture sustainability and …

Towards net-zero phosphorus cities

GS Metson, WJ Brownlie, BM Spears - npj Urban Sustainability, 2022 - nature.com
Cities are central to improving natural resource management globally. Instead of reinventing
the wheel for each interlinked sustainability priority, we suggest synergising with, and …

[HTML][HTML] Five pillars for stakeholder analyses in sustainability transformations: The global case of phosphorus

C Lyon, D Cordell, B Jacobs, J Martin-Ortega… - Environmental science & …, 2020 - Elsevier
Phosphorus is a critical agricultural nutrient and a major pollutant in waterbodies due to
inefficient use. In the form of rock phosphate it is a finite global commodity vulnerable to …