Sulfur Nutrition and Food Security

Abstract

Food security is an issue that will continue to challenge agricultural production and the distribution of produce. While access to food has improved in the past couple of years the challenges of a changing climate, urbanization, and resource security will require attention to improving productivity within the current land resource. Fertilizers enable half the world’s food to be produced. Sulfur is important as an essential plant nutrient that assists with both the quantity and the quality of a range of plant products. It is also critical for animal nutrition. In crops, nitrogen and sulfur nutrition are closely tied and changes in N/S ratio can result in changes in grain quality. This balance..