Plant Nutrients
for Food Security} Video address by Jacques Diouf, FAO" Director General,
to the IFA Annual Conference, Berlin, 1996
Stooks of cereals ar at their lowest in 20 ears ad there are great
concert expressed ast the aailability of socks to meet the demand forthe
‘months to come, Is therefore important fo the ertizer rt to desl
‘with avery important factor forthe ineresse proton, We haven
rally
to ook atthe situation where developed counties are using hh levels of input
snd developing counties are still at avery low level of acces and avait
hi important Estr forthe ncreate pr
Pertlicery have tobe usd in sustainable way and with proper
‘combination of mineral and organo fertilizers inthe framework of an
integrated plant nutrition approach, taking into consideration the suai of
the wi, water and overall environment. Weare therefore convinced that your