嘉宾邮报:帮助农民养活世界-与美国Chevplet和未来农民创新伙伴关系

CF Industries strongly supports efforts to educate farmers about efficient, effective and responsible use of fertilizer.  In that spirit, today we are announcing an exciting new partnership with Chevrolet to benefit the National FFA Organization (FFA).  CF Industries is donating $600,000 to FFA to support excellence in farmer education and fertilizer best management practices.  Our future farmers must rise to the challenge of growing enough food to feed a global population projected to reach nine billion by 2050.  The efficient use of fertilizer is essential to meet this challenge.  Teaching tomorrow's farmers the best information about fertilizer is truly in everyone's interest.

Innovation is at the heart of this pilot program, starting with its financing – through the sale of voluntary carbon reduction credits earned from fertilizer manufacturing.  CF Industries operates facilities that installed nitrous oxide abatement technology in 2008, earning credits for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.  Last month, we arranged to sell a portion of these credits to Chevrolet in order to benefit FFA and further the fertilizer education mission.  This will help FFA reach its members with the best new information, like the 4R Nutrient Stewardship (4R) program that teaches farmers how to apply the right fertilizers at the right rate, at the right time and in the right place.

今日数十亿人民依赖肥料使用和现代农学知识所实现的丰盛廉价食品。 氮素是实现高产粮食收成最关键的主要植物养分。 估计世界粮食生产有四至六成是通过有效使用肥料实现的。

North America's farmers are truly a wonder of the world, and many of them got started through programs like those provided by FFA.  Over the last 40 years, our farmers have tripled domestic food production by using fertilizers and other modern practices to increase crop yields per acre.  At the same time they've decreased the amount of land under cultivation.  They are helping to reduce hunger across the globe, including in the developing world – while preserving land.  Their leadership and ingenuity point the way forward for farm communities everywhere.  Teaching tomorrow's farmers about the principles of "4R" will help educate them about high-yield agriculture, profitable operations and reducing environmental impacts.

种植足够的粮食,农民有两种基本选择:努力保持更多土地生产,或利用现有土地最佳实践 — — 包括肥效提高、种子技术与机械化等 — — 维护或甚至提高产量。 出于多种原因,第一种方法无法在经济或环境上持久化。 但第二种方法证明有效,帮助现代农户保持土壤肥力并实现十年后更高产丰收

CF产业致力于为北美农民服务。当我们努力推广最佳肥料管理时,我们正在新美国投资近40亿美元肥料生产设施帮助农民保留现代农业为后代生长的绿色革命

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Tony Will是CF工业总裁兼首席执行官,CF工业是世界上最大的氮肥制造商之一,总部设在伊利诺伊州Deerfield