4. +Zn -Zn Zn Deficiency: The most common micronutrient deficiency in the agricultural soils
5. Examples of Zinc Deficiency Rice plants in paddy field Severe Zn deficiency Zn treated plot Pictures: Potash & Phosphate Institute; Int’l Rice Research Institute Wheat
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7. Applying Zinc to Crops: A Sustainable Solution to Zinc Deficiency +Zn -Zn
8. Untreated Zinc Seed Treatment Maize, Paraguay, 1996 Modified slide from Dr. Kevin Moran: “ Farming for Health ”, Oslo, Oct.-2005
9. Use of Zn-containing NP and NPK fertilizers in Turkey after NATO-Zinc Project Source: Ministry of Agriculture, 2006; TOROS Fertilizer, 2008 Yıllar “ Success Story … ”
16. Int’l Zinc Assoc . OMEX Agrifluids Ltd . England Mosaic Co. USA K+S KALI GmbH Germany Harvest Plus Zinc Fertilizer Program ( www.harvestzinc.org ) CHINA CAU: China Agric. University INDIA IARI: Indian Agr ic. Res. Inst. TURKEY Ministry of Agriculture THAILAND Chiang Mai University PAKISTAN NARC: Nat. Agr ic. Res. Cen. MOZAMBIQUE IIAM : Inst Inv Agr Moz BRAZIL APTA : Agência Paulista Tec Agr . Collaborating Countries / Institutions Int’l Fertilizer Ind. Assoc. France Int ’l Plant Nutr. Inst. USA ZIMBABWE Soil Fertility Cons. for Southern Africa Coordinating Institution
My objectives today on the Zinc Nutrient Initiative are: Adding zinc to fertilizers is economic for the farmer and thus economic for the fertilizer companies as the farmer will have more money to spend on fertilizers Zinc additions to fertilizers will ultimately help save lives The International Fertilizer Association and the International Zinc Association should act now to make this happen.
Agronomists have been able to identify the key factors that show zinc deficiency.