Swedish technology can help the Canadian agricultural sector secure future food supply
In order to create a long term, sustainable and secure food supply for the future, the Canadian agricultural sector looks to Swedish technology to recover phosphorus from incinerated sewage sludge.
The Canadian feed company Friesen Group has expanded its collaboration with Swedish environmental company Ragn-Sells and its innovation subsidiary EasyMining, that is currently constructing the first two production facilities in Helsingborg, Sweden, and Schkopau, Germany.
Phosphorus is included in mineral fertilizers and is necessary for agricultural food production. It is a finite resource that comes mainly from mines in North Africa. The European Commission has listed it as a critical raw material (CRM). This designation means it is deemed economically important and has a high risk of supply disruption, due to factors like geopolitical instability, concentration of production in a few countries, or lack of substitutes.