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Synthetic #fertilisers have disrupted the natural #nitrogen cycle & become the biggest driver of nitrogen pollution

In today's Fixing Nitrogen panel at #ORFCGlobal, we'll explore how we can strike a nitrogen balance feat @RushallOrganics @Love_plants @WoodlandTrust & more ⚖
Live from 'Fixing Nitrogen', Abi Bunker from @WoodlandTrust says “Trees benefit both wildlife & people ... Most UK woodlands are impacted negatively by nitrogen deposition, at which the ecosystem will deteriorate”
@Love_plants @RushallOrganics @WoodlandTrust @TWBFarms #ORFCGlobal
Public Health specialist @kristinbash tells us that globally, an astonishing 8.8b lives are lost due to small particulate matter pollution. In UK, it’s about 40,000 lives.

She goes on to detail the effects of water pollution👇
#ORFCGlobal #nitrogen
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Learn about #nitrogen @ 2PM!🚨

#ORFCGlobal's panel “Nitrogen: The Global Farming Challenge” – chaired by @JoLewisSA - will outline the scale of the nitrogen challenge for #farming, discuss global actions to reduce nitrogen excess at #COP26 & more

Tune in orfc.org.uk/session/nitrog…
Listening to Mark Sutton @UK_CEH explain the issues:

“The scaling up of nitrogen happened, and it got cheaper, which has meant people aren’t as careful with it as they should be. Everybody has an opportunity to manage nitrogen more responsibly”

#COP26 #ORFCGlobal
Vijay Kumar talks about his work with over 1m farmers in Andhra Pradesh, India, reducing synthetic #nitrogen & other inputs. Women farmers often lead the work, influencing 1 farmer at a time.

Results? Better health of soil, people & crops.
Inspiring in scale, approach & impact.
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