Skip to main content
Chemicals and Waste
Land and Agriculture

Definition(s)

Relates to the manufacture and use of fertilizers, nutrients, soil amendments, growth and plant physiology regulators, plant resistance improvers, compost and soil improvers, propagative materials for growing plants, certain agricultural support products, plant nutrients, trace elements, nutritional chemicals, plant inoculants, etc. (Source: Faolex)
Substance added to soil for the purpose of promoting plant life, usually containing nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, e.g. manure, guano, rock phosphates. (Source: GEMET/BENNET)

Hierarchy

Broader: agriculture
Related terms:
fertiliser
nutrient

Explore content

Follow up the links below to see InforMEA content related to fertilizer coming up from several external sources.