Nitrogen Assessment

Pakistan as a Case-Study

Tariq Aziz, Abdul Wakeel, Muhammad Watto, Muhammad Ullah, Muhammad Maqsood, Aysha Kiran

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9780128244173
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323860079
• Topic: Technologie et ingénierie
• Subtopic: Botanique

Nitrogen Assessment: Pakistan as a Case-Study provides a detailed overview of issues and challenges related to nitrogen use and overuse, thus serving as a reference for researchers in Pakistan and providing important insights for other geographic regions. Excess and inefficient nitrogen use in crops and livestock sectors is polluting our rivers, seas, atmosphere, and ecosystems, contributing to climate change, hampering biodiversity, and contributing to stratospheric ozone depletion. This book covers the importance of nitrogen in relation to food security, human health, and economic stability in South Asia. It also discusses nitrogen status, sources, sinks, and drivers of nitrogen use in Pakistan, focusing on current nitrogen measures and policies.Nitrogen pollution is one of the biggest challenges of 21st Century, and the international scientific community is beginning to recognize the significance of nitrogen pollution and to explore how to combat it. The editors' institution, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, partners with South Asia Nitrogen Hub, which includes about 30 organizations from South Asia and UK working on nitrogen assessment, budgeting, awareness, and policy guidance, as well as possible measures to reduce nitrogen pollution.Nitrogen Assessment: Pakistan as a Case-Study provides an important guide to this work and is written in a way that is accessible to an audience with a wide range of experience from advanced students to seasoned researchers. - Presents an excellent compilation of research-based findings in the first comprehensive assessment of nitrogen use in Pakistan - Offers a detailed and comprehensive compilation of data and content from a variety of sources - Analyzes important translational insights for other geographic regions seeking to maximize nutrient use efficiency

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : Rethinking nitrogen use: need to plan beyond present
• Chapter 2 : Sources of nitrogen for crop growth: Pakistan's case
• Chapter 3 : Nitrogen sinks in the agro-food system of Pakistan
• Chapter 4 : Drivers of increased nitrogen use in Pakistan
• Chapter 5 : Trends in nitrogen use and development in Pakistan
• Chapter 6 : Nitrogen emissions from agriculture sector in Pakistan: context, pathways, impacts and future projections
• Chapter 7 : Nitrogen use efficiency in crop production: issues and challenges in South Asia
• Chapter 8 : Mitigation and actions toward nitrogen losses in Pakistan
• Chapter 9 : Pathways to sustainable nitrogen use and management in Pakistan
• Index
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