Blogs

Sustainable Coated Fertilisers: A Win-Win Scenario for Manufacturers, Farmers, and the Environment

05 July 2022 by baobao-panunimelb-edu-au

A new method of coating urea fertilisers that may reduce the effects of nitrogen contribution to climate change and environmental damage.

Addressing the problems created by nitrogen fertiliser

17 February 2022 by jcattlin

Nitrogen fertilisers are essential to produce food for more than half the world’s population, but current fertliser products are generally inefficient - this is the challenge we are tackling.

From Materials to Microbes: A New Approach to Engineering Fertiliser Coatings

08 April 2023

The fertiliser landscape faces numerous challenges. This opinion piece discusses the opportunities for engineering novel biodegradable coatings using multidisciplinary strategies.

Addressing Australian ammonia? How agriculture can reduce emissions

07 December 2022

Nitrogen, whether from natural or artificial (fertilisers) sources, causes damage when large quantities are released into the environment.

Microbes – a solution to agricultural sustainability?

07 December 2022

Meeting the demands of a growing and hungry global population is challenging.

The potential of poo: adding lignite to conserve nitrogen in chicken manure

21 July 2022

To lessen our reliance on traditional nitrogen sources such as urea, researchers at The University of Melbourne have turned to chicken manure, an abundant resource rich in nitrogen.

Sustainable Coated Fertilisers: A Win-Win Scenario for Manufacturers, Farmers, and the Environment

05 July 2022

A new method of coating urea fertilisers that may reduce the effects of nitrogen contribution to climate change and environmental damage.

Addressing the problems created by nitrogen fertiliser

17 February 2022

Nitrogen fertilisers are essential to produce food for more than half the world’s population, but current fertliser products are generally inefficient - this is the challenge we are tackling.