Definition
(source:
FAOSTAT):
Amount used in the agricultural sector in the year. Agricultural use of fertilizers refers to the use for crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture,
excluding use for animal feed. Other plant nutrition uses (such as application to ponds, turf and ornamentals) would be excluded, but limited data availability currently prevents
the discrimination of these uses. Therefore, it is assumed that those plant nutrition uses may also be included in the values for agriculture provided in this domain. Industrial
uses, also known as technical uses, are excluded, to the extent allowed by data availability. Changes in stocks are not considered either, due to lack of information. The impact
of stocks in the overall trend of the time series is assumed to be negligible.