The projection that the World population will rise to 9 billion people by 2050 if current trends continue is generally agreed on. But, one of the issues often really debated is the amount of food needed to be produced to meet the needs of this number of people, possible states of world...
For many smallholder farmers, the cost of purchasing fertilizers to nourish their crops is a necessary but often exorbitant part of their cost of production. Often, it is part of the main costs that determine if the farmer makes a profit or loss on production at the end of the harvest season....
Considering the expensive cost fertilizer and the environmental effects of its overuse... microdosing provides an alternative and sustainable approach of fertilizer usage especially for resource-poor smallholder farmers... Read more here... http://ecoagriculturist.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/...