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Fertilization and Sustainability

The search for more efficient and sustainable fertilizers remains a key challenge for the agricultural industry. One technological strategy invovles combining nitrogen sources with nitrification inhibitors, offering added value when derived from natural origins. Another challenge for the sector is the development of new fertilizers with efficient micronutrients that are effective for crops while remaining environmentally stable, preventing losses through leaching or rapid degradation. In the case of nanofertilizers, their high nanopartical surface area may represent a greater potential for their phytoavailability. However, it is important to rule out their potential phytotoxicity. On the other hand, integrated studies of agricultural systems that consider soil tillage managament, the selection of species and cultivars in crop rotations, and the inclusion of cover crops- serve as powerful tools for achieving more economically and environmentally efficient agircultural systems.

CEIGRAM provides various avenues for collaboration with companies, researchers and stakeholders from the sector to support the transition to a more productive and sustainable agriculture.

Scientific and Technological Services

Development of sustainable fertilizers

Research capacity

PI, Research Group and Research Center

The research group has 15 researchers, a laboratory technician and a project manager and is led by Antonio Vallejo García. In the last 3 years, the group has participated in 2 international projects, 7 projects with companies in the fertilizer sector and managed 2 national projects generating economic resources of around 0.6 M€.

Antonio Vallejo, with 107 publications, has an H-Index of 41. The group as a whole has 77 papers and ranks 34th out of 194 groups in the UPM.

Lines of work

  • Determination of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils
  • Volatilization of ammonia from agricultural and livestock systems
  • Agricultural use of organic waste
  • Optimization of fertilizer management (inorganic and organic)

Principal researcher

  • Vallejo, Antonio

    Full Professor

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