The Phosphorus Story

Phosphorus is essential for life and global food production but it is a finite resource and its future scarcity threatens global food security. Inefficient use of phosphorus in our food systems also causes wide spread environmental damage. This video explores the importance of phosphorus and why we need to manage this precious resource more sustainably.
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Written by the RePhoKUs team and Forgebank Films.
Thanks to Wallings Ice Cream, United Utilities and Myerscough College for filming locations.
Video produced by Forgebank Films: www.forgebankf...
The work of RePhoKUs is made possible with funding from the Global Food Security’s ‘Resilience of the UK Food System Programme’ with the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Scottish Government.