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Ammonia is widely used to produce fertilizers

Ammonia is widely used to produce fertilizers, playing a critical role in global agriculture.1 Ammonia is primarily converted into products such as urea, ammonium nitrate, and ammonium sulfate, which are then applied to soils to enhance their nutrient content.2

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Footnotes​

  1. Jones, N. (2020, January 20). From Fertilizer to Fuel: Can ‘Green’ Ammonia Be a Climate Fix? Yale Environment 360. https://e360.yale.edu/features/from-fertilizer-to-fuel-can-green-ammonia-be-a-climate-fix#:~:text=By%20Nicola%20Jones%20%E2%80%A2%20January,the%20University%20of%20Minnesota%20project ↩

  2. Sellars, S., & Nunes, V. (2021, February 17). Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizer in the U.S. FarmDoc Daily. https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2021/02/synthetic-nitrogen-fertilizer-in-the-us.html ↩