Phosphorus is essential for all living matter, including bacteria,
plants and animals. We get our phosphorus from the food we eat,
which in turn comes from the phosphate fertilizers we apply to
crops. P fertilizer is essential for modern food production and is
the limiting factor in crop yields. P is a critical global resource,
along side water and energy resources.1,2,3
Around 90% of the phosphate rock extracted globally is for food
production (the remainder is for industrial applications like
detergents).4,5