Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications
Open Access
ISSN: 2090-4541
ISSN: 2090-4541
Saloua FERTAHI, Abderrahim SOLHY, Essaid BILAL and Abdellatif BARAKAT
Center for Advanced Materials, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, lot 660 - Hay Moulay Rachid, 43150 Ben Guerir, Morocco
IATE, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, INRA, University of Montpelier, 34060, Montpellier, France
R&D OCP, OCP Group, Indu
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Fundam Renewable Energy Appl
According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the production of food will need to increase by 70%
in order to supply the population which expected to reach approximately 9.5 billion in 2050 [1]. To respond on this exponential
growth of the global population food need, fertilizers are one of the most important elements to increase the agriculture efficiency for
objective to insure the global food security. Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) are the three major elements required
for plant growth.
In the other hand, plant benefits just from a small quantity of conventional fertilizers (30��?60% N, 10��?20% P and 30��?50% K) [2],
and the rest is lost by volatilization in the atmosphere, leaching into the groundwater or fixation in the soil [3]. This fertilizers class
has a negatively impact on the environment and are not economically efficient.
The aim of our project is to produce a new generation of biofertilizers, using an eco-friendly coating based on biomass and
biopolymers derived from biomass (cellulose, pectin, alginate, and chitin). These different produced biofertilizers are compared in
term of the soil fertility, the physical properties, the nutrient release rate, the biodegradability in the soil after the total release and the
environmental impact.
Saloua Fertahi is currently doing her PhD at the Center for Advanced Materials, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, in collaboration with the National Institute of Agronomic Research. She works on Biofertilizers based on biopolymers. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Physical and Chemical Sciences (2010). In 2015, she obtained her Engineering degree in Process, Energy and Environment.
Email: Saloua.FERTAHI@um6p.ma