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Title: EUROPEAN UNION FARM TO FORK STRATEGY: FERTILIZER USE REDUCTION POSSIBILITIES
EUROPEAN UNION FARM TO FORK STRATEGY: FERTILIZER USE REDUCTION POSSIBILITIES

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Aija Pilvere; Irina Pilvere; Ilze Upite; Aleksejs Nipers
10.5593/sgem2024/5.1/s21.64
10.5593/sgem2024/5.1
1314-2704
978-619-7603-72-9
English
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5.1
•    Prof. DSc. Oleksandr Trofymchuk, UKRAINE 
•    Prof. Dr. hab. oec. Baiba Rivza, LATVIA
Environmental Economics
In the European Union (EU), food production needs to become more sustainable and environmental-friendly. Farmers play a crucial role in sustainable agricultural practices on their farms because one of the goals of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy is to reduce nutrient losses by at least 50%, while ensuring that there is no deterioration in soil fertility, which could reduce fertilizer use by at least 20% by 2030. Therefore, the aim of the present research is to examine fertilizer consumption in EU Member States and to assess the impact of the potential fertilizer use reduction by at least 20% by 2030 on value of crop output. The research examined and analysed information on inorganic nitrogen fertilizer consumption in the EU and the Member States in 2016-2021, as such fertilizers account for 89% of the total consumption of mineral fertilizers in the EU. The research applied the monographic method, statistical data analysis and scenario development methods. In 2021 in the EU, inorganic nitrogen fertilizer consumption totalled 9.8 mln. tonnes, which was a 5% decrease compared with 2016. Inorganic nitrogen fertilizer consumption per ha utilized agricultural area, per ha arable land and per 1000 EUR value of crop output varied in EU Member States, which was affected by the composition of agricultural production, technologies applied and other factors. The research analysed a possibility to achieve the target set by the Farm to Fork Strategy – to reduce N fertilizer use by 20% by 2030 – through designing two scenarios. However, achieving this target would probably lead to a decrease in value of crop output. It would be desirable to set different rates of reduction of inorganic nitrogen fertilizers for the Member States, depending on the intensity and effectiveness of the previous use of nitrogen fertilizers.
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