Recommendations
IFA advocates for:
• The removal of scientifically unjustified requirements imposed by organic farming guidelines on agronomically effective and economically valid inorganic fertilizers. Since guidelines for organic farming practices are not necessarily science-based, it should be clearly specified that the justification for not allowing some inorganic fertilizer sources is for marketing purposes only and not for food or environmental safety reasons.
• Sound science as the basis for food and environmental safety standards, applied equally to all fertilizer sources used to supply nutrients for food production.
• Uniform descriptions of available nutrient content for all fertilizer products, whether of organic or inorganic origin