The International Fertiliser Society supports Global Fertilizer Day

Global Fertilizer Day is celebrated on 13 October each year to commemorate the contribution of fertilisers to feeding the world. It marks the anniversary of Fritz Haber’s discovery, the Haber-Bosch process, of ammonia synthesis in 1908, which sowed the seeds for the Green Revolution of the early 20th century. During this time, widespread adoption of agricultural technologies lifted millions out of poverty and famine, allowing our world to grow and develop as we know it today.

Plants need a balanced diet of different mineral elements, plus carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen to be healthy, which are provided by the soil. But every harvest depletes the soil of these essential mineral nutrients. This is where fertilisers contribute, playing a pivotal role in restoring the nutrient balance. They provide the necessary nutrients for plants to grow healthily, which in turn, become a vital source of sustenance for human life.

Half of all the food grown around the world is made possible through the use of fertiliser. Global food security, through sustainable agriculture, will never be realised without the use of commercial fertilisers. In fact, over the next 30 years the world will need to increase food production by 70 per cent to feed that ever growing population.

Other organisations commemorating Global Fertilizer Day include:

• The International Fertilizer Association
• Fertilizers Europe
• The Fertilizer Institute, and
• Fertilizer Canada

The International Fertiliser Society helps the industry to develop and strengthen through the dissemination of good practice throughout the fertiliser production and crop nutrition sectors.

We bring together various groups involved in the production, development, handling, usage, application and research of fertilisers, crop and soil management, to share information and make contacts.

We do this through the organisation of conferences and webinars, and by publishing technical papers and presentation recordings.