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WorldFertili r Consumption Statistics—no. 24, Bulletin A/92/146. International Fertilizer Industry Association, Paris, 1992. 

H. Giaet, World Fertiliser Consumption Statistics 1984 85 to 1986187, International Fertilizer Industry Association, Limited, Paris, 1987. 

Heffer P. and Prud homme M. (2006). Medium-term Outlook for Global Fertilizer Demand, Supply and Trade, 2006-2010, Summary Report. International Fertilizer Industry Association, Paris, 9 pp. 

International Fertilizer Industry Association. Total Fertilizer Consumption Statistics by Region from 1970/71 to 2000/01. Available from . 

Figure 3.1. Nitrogen fertilizer production - 1980/81 1999/2000. (Reproduced by permission of International Fertilizer Industry Association)...

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Synthesis of ammonia in the Haber-Bosch process is one of the best studied catalytic processes. The process was developed by Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch and patented in 1910 (Haber, 1910) Haber was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1918 for this work. Today, almost all ammonia production is based on the Haber-Bosch process, and it is one of the largest chemical processes in the world with a yearly production of approximately 120 million tonnes (from the International Fertilizer Industry Association, World Ammonia Statistics for 2005). The main use of ammonia is as fertilizer for agriculture, which constitutes 80% of the world production. 

Tom Braulsema, Director, Eastern Canada and Northeast US Region, Potash and Phosphate Institute/Potash and Phosphate Institute of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Appreciation is expressed to Patrick Heffer, International Fertilizer Industry Association, and to David Dibb, Teny Roberts, and Paul Fixen, Potash and Phosphate Institute, for their review and comments. 

IFA [International Fertilizer Industry Association] (1996), Plant Nutrients for Food Security , FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy], World Food Summit,... 

Aleinov, D. P. 1993. The Russian Nitrogen Industry, Paper presented at the International Fertilizer Industry Association, Limited (IFA), 1993 Regional Conference for Europe, Vienna, Austria. 

Survey of Processed Phosphate Capacities. 1994. International Fertilizer Industry Association (IFA), Paris,... 

Martin, R.P., Nitrogen Oxide Formation and Reduction in Steam Reformers, Paper Presented at the International Fertilizer Industry Association, October 2-6,1994, Amman, Jordan. 

Sources Haber-Bosch fixation from Honti, G. D., ed. 1976. The Nitrogen Industry. Budapest Akademiai Kiado, vol. I, p. 52 International Fertilizer Industry Association. 1998. World Nitrogen Fertilizer Consumption. Paris IFA (http //www.fertilizer.org) other fixed nitrogen from Appendix F. All output values are rounded to the nearest 10 kt N/year. 

International Fertilizer Industry Association. 1998. Ammonia Capacity. Paris IFA (http //www.fertilizer.org). Almost 50% of the world s total capacity is now in the low-income countries. 

The FAO has been publishing data on worldwide data production, trade and consumption of fertilizers annually since 1950 see FAO. 1950-. Fertilizer Yearbook. Rome FAO. The International Fertilizer Industry Association in Paris publishes annually the following statistics Fertilizer Nutrient Consumption, by Region Fertilizer Nutrient Consumption by Product Fertilizer Trade. The Internet sites are, respectively, www.fao.org and www.fertilizer. org. Consumption data are also often reported in terms of crop years, which straddle calendar years. 

Calculated from International Fertilizer Industry Association statistics see http //www. fertilizer.org. 

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