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To: Slagle who wrote (450)	9/13/2005 12:41:46 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 219466

I'm beyond that. Way beyond that. You're seeing the tree. I'm seeing the whole forest. Look to the whole interplay. You are reducing this to a fertilizer issue!

To: Slagle who wrote (450)	9/13/2005 12:53:52 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 219466

FAO Mineral fertilizer consumption There is a close relationship between the consumption of fertilizers and crop production. Fertilizer consumption and the production of the 16 main crops (dry weight basis) between 1970 and 2002 are shown in Figure 7. These data demonstrate that the development of the national production of these 16 crops in the last three decades was the result much more of an increase in the use of modern production technologies, especially on the efficient use of mineral fertilizers, than of the simple expansion of the area planted. On the one hand, during this period, the production of these 16 crops increased 3.4 times and the consumption of fertilizers increased by 4.4 times. On the other hand, the cropped area increased only 1.5 times, going from 36.4 million ha to 56.2 million ha. fao.org