Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy - Isha Guru Jaggi Vasudev

Revitalization of Rivers In India
Draft Policy Recommendation
TABLE 13: PHOSPHATE ROCK – WORLD MINE PRODUCTION RESERVES (KILO
TONS) (U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, JANUARY 2015)
is a mine containing one of the world’s largest reserves of phosphate rock.
(Pearce, July 2011)
Morocco is the world’s largest exporter and India is the largest importer.
(Pearce, July 2011)
While our bodies only need around 0.4 kg of P each year (1.2 g per day), we
are mining 22.5 kg of phosphate rock for each person’s diet. Between the
phosphate rock mine and the food in our stomachs, up to 80% of P is lost in
the process from fertilizer production, application on fields, uptake by crops,
food processing and retailing and final consumption. (Global Phosphorus
Research Initiative, 2017)
Each year, the human population produces 3 million tonnes of phosphorus
in our urine and faeces globally (Global Phosphorus Research Initiative,
2017). These can, potentially, be easily recycled and brought back into our
agriculture system.
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