Sergiy Medinets

Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture - Communications Earth & Environment 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...

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Ukraine’s farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving Improved manure recycling is one measure being proposed that could help Ukraine’s soil recover from misuse of fertilisers.

“Ukraine’s farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving” - a piece for a general audience on @uk.theconversation.com
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
@marknitrogen.bsky.social
@ukceh.bsky.social
@towardsinms.bsky.social
@commsearth.nature.com
@w-u-r.bsky.social
#Ukraine #War #Sustainability

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

War is turning Ukraine’s fertiliser problem into a catastrophe 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.

botany.one/2025/11/war-...

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Depletion of Ukraine's soils threatens long-term global food security 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.

Ongoing conflict in Ukraine is accelerating soil nutrient depletion, threatening the country's long-term agricultural productivity and global food security. Sustainable nutrient management is recommended. doi.org/g98535

A field of sunflowers, below a blue sky. The horizontal halving between the blue sky and the golden sunflower heads makes it look like an allusion to the Ukrainian flag.

🌻🪖 War is turning Ukraine’s fertiliser problem into a catastrophe 🧪

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.

#Botany #PlantScience 🧵 (1/15)

Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture 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...

Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture
->Nature | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai

Medinets, S. et al. (2025) “Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture,” Communications earth & environment, 6(1). Available at: doi.org/10.1038/s432... (FREE)

@ukri.org @unep.org @britishacademy.bsky.social

@towardsinms.bsky.social @w-u-r.bsky.social

Depletion of Ukraine’s soils threatens long-term global food security 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...

The study was part of the International Nitrogen Assessment, which has carried out studies on major nutrient threats, opportunities and solutions in different regions across the world.

www.ceh.ac.uk/press/deplet...

@marknitrogen.bsky.social

3/3

A wheat field in the foreground and tree-lined hills in the distant background, plus the headline Depletion of Ukraine's soils threatens long-term global food security

NEWS: Ukraine’s soils are losing vital nutrients, threatening long-term food security.

UKCEH-led research in the Nature journal @commsearth.nature.com warns of reduced fertiliser use and war impacts on soil health.

See our news: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/deplet...

#Soils #FoodSecurity

🧪 1/

@ukceh.bsky.social @marknitrogen.bsky.social

@seregaxp.bsky.social
@marknitrogen.bsky.social
@ukceh.bsky.social
@w-u-r.bsky.social
@towardsinms.bsky.social

Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture - Communications Earth & Environment 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...

🌱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 management plan.

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
@towardsinms.bsky.social
@marknitrogen.bsky.social

UKCEH Countryside Survey provides the first evidence of recovering national soil organic carbon in British croplands, after decades of decline - British Society of Soil Science 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...

🧪 A UKCEH Countryside Survey study provides the first evidence of recovering national soil organic carbon in British croplands, after decades of decline.

See a blog post by the British Society of Soil Science: tinyurl.com/y86w5nme

Full paper: bsssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Nitrogen benchmarking for cropping systems - Nature Food A data-driven conceptual framework that benchmarks sustainable nitrogen management for wheat production in China and shows strong potential for fostering locally adapted strategies that balance agricu...

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Nice to see it published!
This represents a step toward the practical implementation of a classic partial-nutrient-budget–inspired concept for region- and crop-specific nitrogen benchmarking to achieve sustainable N management.
rdcu.be/evOEF
@towardsinms.bsky.social
@marknitrogen.bsky.social