Study: Targeted Fertilizer Use Could Cut Crop Ammonia Emissions by 38%, Benefiting Health and Farm Profits
• Research shows optimized fertilizer use could cut ammonia emissions from major crops by up to 38% • Reducing emissions would benefit health and increase farmers' profits • Findings based on analysis of big data and machine learning • Details published in Nature journal article by Xu et al. • Recommends localized fertilizer and tillage practices to maximize reductions