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… yield increases coupled with greater intensity of fertilizer and pesticide use. While yields did increase … of India is farmland, using an average of 157 kg/ha of fertilizer with more than 36 per cent under irrigation; … China, largely driven by groundwater irrigation and fertilizer use. Together with legal access regulations and …

… The main cause is thought to be excess nutrients from fertilizer runoff transported by the Mississippi River, … 2004). Innovative programmes are helping to reduce excess fertilizer use and runoff into the ocean. Test programmes run … ‘Nutrient Best Management Practices’ achieved declines in fertilizer use of up to 25 per cent (Larsen 2004). Canada …

… of water from fields into a stream or aquifer – may carry fertilizer and pesticide residues into water sources that are …

… farming and soil conservation projects, including organic fertilizer production at composting centres; • Construction …

… Basin Management Initiative 2006). Projected increases in fertilizer use for food production and in wastewater … from such sources as human and/or animal wastes, and fertilizer run- off due to poor agricultural practices. This …