Organic and Organomineral Fertilizers for Sustainable and Circular Agriculture
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 976
Special Issue Editors
Interests: soil; soil analysis; fertilizers; soil fertility; plant nutrition; soil and water conservation; crop production; climate change and agriculture conservation; agriculture; crop management
Interests: vegetables; medicinal plants; ornamental plants; landscaping; fruit growing; plant physiology; plant nutrition; special fertilizers; biostimulants; biofertilizers; plant regulators
Interests: soil management; agronomy; land-use
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Dear Colleagues,
Farmers have used animal and vegetable organic residues for several years as a primary source of nutrients to fertilize agricultural soils. However, with the development of mineral fertilizers, the use of organic residues was reduced.
In recent years, the use of organic and organomineral fertilizers has increased due to high organic residue production in response to the growing pressures of conforming to environmental quality standards. In addition, mineral fertilizers present high costs and demand associated with low use efficiency, thereby impacting production costs and the environment.
Organic and organomineral fertilizers have been defined as products resulting from the physical mixture or combination of mineral and organic (organomineral fertilizers) or just organic (organic fertilizers) components, with high contents of organic carbon, cation-exchange capacity, and nutrients. The organic matrices can come from different sources (i.e., animal manure, coffee straws, and filter cakes), be combined, and then used to increase nutrient use efficiency and fertilizer demand.
Therefore, organic and organomineral fertilizers have been presented as alternatives to increase nutrient use efficiency and fertilizer demand, with great potential for optimizing the use of by-products, as well as the promotion of sustainable and socially acceptable alternatives to achieve a circular economy.
This Special Issue will focus on “organic and organomineral fertilizers for a sustainable and circular agriculture”. Original research articles, review articles, communications, letters, and opinions providing innovative insights into the related topics are welcome.
Dr. Risely Ferraz Almeida
Dr. Roberta Camargos de Oliveira
Prof. Dr. Teodor Rusu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- soil management
- nutrient availability
- nutrient use efficiency
- microbial communities
- fertilization strategies
- fertilizer production
- composting
- organic residues
- sustainable agriculture
- circular agriculture
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