Mexico City. Faced with the increase in the price of fertilizers for the field – only the price of urea has doubled so far this year – the production capacity of food is compromised, it will be seriously diminished in the short and medium term, both in its availability as well as its increased cost. Given this, it is necessary to switch to the use of biofertilizers that reduces the cost of the chemical in crops, said Marcel Morales, an expert in biofertilization.
In the country, anhydrous ammonia, at the beginning of the year had a price of the order of 8 thousand pesos, today it is at 18 thousand pesos; urea went from 7 thousand pesos to more than 14 thousand; ammonium sulfate, costs the producer triple when sold for 17 thousand pesos.
Faced with this scenario and given the red alerts on climate change and the high polluting emissions of greenhouse gases at the climate change summit, it is time for the country to make a 180-degree turn to the policy that is being applied with the programs of chemical fertilization and open thought to more ecological solutions that experts have been proposing for years, he added.
“We must say it, and say it loudly, the fertilization program demanded by the country, and the planet as a whole, is not about giving away chemical fertilizers, even when this gift is destined for small producers. What is required is precisely to promote alternatives to the use of them, which have already caused great damage to the environment and especially to soils, “he said.
The specialist in agricultural sustainability issues clarified that it is not about demonizing fertilizers, but about making a rational and responsible use of them, since only with their reduction in combination with biofertilizers can the ecological impact be reduced and generate economic benefits, socioenvironmental and contribute to recovering soils.
With the use of biofertilizers, it is possible to reduce chemical fertilization from 30 to 70 percent without demerit of production, even registering an increase in yields ranging from 10 to 40 percent, which translates into greater productivity and, in turn , means increases in profitability for the producer. In addition, the use of biofertilizers reduces carbon dioxide emissions.
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