Molybdenum Fertilizer Emily Marchand University of Guelph
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Molybdenum Fertilizer Emily Marchand University of Guelph
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Nepal Located between China and India Population: 27.8 million
people 1 Canadian dollar = 88.5 Rupees
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Molybdenum Molybdenum is a micronutrient that can be used in
farming, especially for legumes, to help make plants absorb
nitrogen and phosphorus better It helps the plant convert nitrates
into amino acids which are useful to it.
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Benefits to Nepal and consumer targets Molybdenum would be a
great product for the Nepalese because it helps plants grow and
produce more, which can have an effect on the profit the crop can
create for the farmer or to have more food to feed the family. This
product could potentially have the legume yields grow over the
average 0.7 t/ha yield that the Nepalese are currently harvesting
without it.
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Benefits to Canada In British Columbia, mines that contain
molybdenum could put more Canadian jobs on the market to harvest
and process this element for the Nepalese. This product is
environmentally sustainable and can benefit the Canadian economy
because it is a by-product from copper mining. By using a readily-
available by-product, this can increase profit not only from copper
mining, but from a new product as well.
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Molybdenum Project There is a project to be started in British
Columbia at an abandoned mine in the near future. This will produce
many tons of molybdenum per day, averaging $6.4 billion in exports
for Canada. This will produce may jobs for Canadians and will
produce 5% of the worlds supply of molybdenum.
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Information Emily Marchand University of Guelph in partnership
with IDRC, CIFSRF and DFAIT Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Manish Raizada
([email protected])[email protected] Total presentation time:
4m 5s