Fertilizer use by crop in Argentina

Land and Plant Nutrition Management Service
Land and Water Development Division





FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2004
 

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Fertilizer use by crop in Argentina
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Contents

Acknowledgements
Abstract
Abbreviations and symbols
Preface

1. Agro-ecological regions

The Pampa and the economic regions

Pampa
Northern region
Irrigated valleys

Soils

2. Agricultural production

Levels of technology
Changes in the profile of producers

Level of education
Place of residence
Access to technical assistance
Land ownership

Production by region

Pampa
The economic regions

3. Fertilizers used and their supply

Production and trade
Products
Forms of fertilizers

Bulk
Mixtures
Liquid fertilizers

4. Fertilizer consumption

5. Use of fertilizers by crop and region

Pampa

Cereals

Economic regions

Industrial crops
Tobacco
Cotton
Sugar cane
Fruit crops
Vines
Yerba mate
Tea
Rice
Beans
Horticultural crops

6. Economics

Grain and fertilizer prices
Financing of purchases

7. Manure as a source of nutrients

8. Fertilizer distribution

Importers, merchants, wholesalers and producers

Merchants (Acopiadores)
Retailers
Seasonality

Services
Regulations
Costs of importation, trade and distribution

9. Producer associations

Cooperatives
Sowing pools

10. Research and extension

11. Constraints and outlook

Bibliography
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