Mohamed Hijri : A simple solution to the coming phosphorus crisis

Mohamed Hijri·TEDxUdeM
A simple solution to the coming phosphorus crisis
Summary
The speaker didn’t speak English. Thus l didn’t understand well by only reading the story. My English listening skills are not good, I mightn’t be able to catch, though, l maybe feel some nuances more if the speaker used English.

The speaker studies arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF).
Phosphorus crisis means that phosphorus is used too much as chemical fertilizers. It's essential to our lives and in mines, there are only a few but there is no replacement.

However, the speaker found that the blue algae were growing too much on lakes. It means that extra phosphorus went into soil and lakes. The result was that 85 percent had been lost from farms.
Furthermore, from studying fungi, he suggests that microscopic mushrooms are better as a fertilizer. It gives phosphorus and plants can get 90 percent of it. The remaining in the soil is very small and it’s natural.

The speaker wants us to know about mycorrhiza. It must really work to fight against the shortage of food.

Words in this story
phos·pho·rus /ˈfäsf(ə)rəs/noun/ the chemical element of atomic number 15, a poisonous
my·cor·rhi·za /mīkəˈrīzə/noun/ a fungus which grows in association with the roots of a plant in a symbiotic or mildly pathogenic relationship.