# A simple solution to the coming phosphorus crisis

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxUdeM
- Speaker: Mohamed Hijri
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mohamed_hijri_a_simple_solution_to_the_coming_phosphorus_crisis)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

There's a farming crisis no one is talking about: The world is running out of phosphorus, an essential element that's a key component of DNA and the basis of cellular communication. As biologist Mohamed Hijri shows, all roads of this crisis lead back to how we farm -- with chemical fertilizers chock-full of the element, which plants are not efficient at absorbing. One solution? A microscopic mushroom ...

## Lectures

1. [A simple solution to the coming phosphorus crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mohamed_hijri_a_simple_solution_to_the_coming_phosphorus_crisis/7524ccbc0397), 14 min (TED's player)