Handout - K+S Aktiengesellschaft
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Potash and Magnesium Products<br />
Key Drivers of the Fertilizer Business<br />
• Despite decreasing availability of arable farm land, global production of agricultural products<br />
has to be increased:<br />
• steadily increasing world population<br />
• changing diets toward higher meat consumption (e.g. 1 kg beef = 8 kg animal feed)<br />
• increasing importance of renewable raw materials for the production of bio energy<br />
• Fertilizing with the key nutrients nitrogen (N), phosphate (P)<br />
and potash (K), but also increasingly magnesium (Mg) and sulphur (S)<br />
is necessary to cope with this challenge<br />
• Nutrients cannot be substituted and a balanced fertilization of all nutrients is<br />
necessary to achieve optimal yields. Emerging countries, in particular, should<br />
significantly increase the potash proportion of their total fertilizer application<br />
• Medium- and long-term increase in global fertilizer consumption (N, P and K)<br />
of 2% to 3% p.a. is expected (Source: IFA)<br />
Advantage:<br />
<strong>K+S</strong> offers its worldwide customers important nutrients<br />
in a market-oriented specialised product range<br />
January 2013 <strong>K+S</strong> Group 12