It's cheap, recycled, and has centuries of tradition: "shimogoe" or "fertilizer from a person's bottom" is finding new favor in Japan as Ukraine's war hikes the price of chemical alternatives. As in ...

Learn more. As prices for chemical raw materials continue to soar, the Japanese government is working toward using sludge generated by the sewage treatment process as fertilizer. Chemical ...

As for phosphorus, Japan relies mostly on imports, but its prices are continuing to soar. Officials are hoping to market 1,000 tons of sludge-derived fertilizer annually. Sewage sludge is mostly ...

TOKYO -- Japan will ramp up domestic fertilizer production to enhance economic security amid rising fertilizer prices globally due to the Ukraine war, Nikkei has learned. Japan depends on imports ...

This has been made possible through generous funding from the government of Japan. The essential fertilizer will be distributed to over 228,000 smallholder paddy farmers across several districts in ...

It's cheap, recycled, and has centuries of tradition: "shimogoe" or "fertilizer from a person's bottom" is finding new favor in Japan as Ukraine's war hikes the price of chemical alternatives.