Improved manure recycling is one measure being proposed that could help Ukraine’s soil recover from misuse of fertilisers.

Long-term declines in nutrients, and soil damage, have been turbo-charged by the Russian invasion. But a new plan may help restore some of the world’s most fertile soils.

Beyond the disruption to Ukraine's food exports, the war is jeopardizing the country's long-term ability to remain the "breadbasket of Europe," because its soils are gradually losing vital crop nutrients.

Following Ukraine’s independence in 1991, use of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilizers and numbers of livestock decreased dramatically, mainly due to the disruption of supply and marketing chains15 (Fig. 1; Supplementary Fig. 6). Synthetic fertilizer N use...

Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient…

Beyond the disruption to Ukraine’s food exports, the war is jeopardising the country’s long-term ability to remain the ‘breadbasket of Europe’, because its soils are gradually losing vital crop nutrie...

Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...

A new study from the UKCEH Countryside Survey on soil carbon has been published in the European Journal of Soil Science. The study provides the first evidence of recovering national soil organic carbo...