Agriculture and Climate

Best agricultural practices are a strategic aspect of securing food supply for a growing world population. Today, almost half the people on Earth rely on mineral fertilizers for their food. But agriculture also raises environmental concerns and questions about its impact on climate change and global warming.

Are agricultural productivity and sustainability compatible? What about GHG emissions from fertilizer production and application? Yara, with its century long knowledge and experience in production and application of plant nutrients, believes that sustainable agriculture is part of a solution to climate change.

Using Yara’s proven low-carbon footprint fertilizers and best practice application tools, the carbon footprint associated with the use of fertilizers for food production can be decreased by more than 50% while saving land and maintaining yields.

The conversion of land to agricultural use is one of the major global sources of GHG emissions. Arable land is scarce and it needs to be used in the most appropriate way in order to ensure food security.

Optimizing fertilizer use

The overall impact and mitigation potential of fertilizer management with regard to GHG emissions is important. Yara has developed crop nutrition programs to help farmers choose the right product and apply it in the most efficient way.
Avoiding land use change

Arable land is a scarce resource that needs to be used in the most appropriate way to ensure food security without further land use change. Stopping land use change and deforestation is a primary objective of climate protection.
Optimizing fertilizer production

Yara operates with the Best Available Techniques (BAT) defined by the EU and its plants are rated amongst the most energy efficient in the world.