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The war has pushed up the price of natural gas, a key ingredient in fertilizer, and led to sanctions against Russia, a major fertilizer exporter. The impact is being felt globally.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has pushed up already high fertilizer prices and made scarce supplies even harder to find, especially in the developing world.

Higher fertilizer prices are making the world's food supply more expensive for wealthy countries and less abundant for poorer ones, as farmers skimp on...

Higher fertilizer prices are making the world's food supply more expensive for wealthy countries and less abundant for poorer ones, as farmers skimp on...

KIAMBU COUNTY, KENYA — Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her about 40,000 square feet (10 acres) of land o

The Russia-Ukraine war pushes up the price of natural gas, a key ingredient in fertilizer, and has led to severe sanctions against Russia, a major exporter of fertilizer.

Higher fertilizer prices are making the world's food supply more expensive for wealthy countries and less abundant for poorer ones, as farmers skimp on...

Driven upward by Russia’s war in Ukraine, global fertilizer prices are soaring forcing farmers miles away from the fighting to adapt. Lower yields could threaten the global food supply and rising food prices are likely to hit families in poorer countries particularly hard.

Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her 10 acres of land outside Nairobi isn’t bad weather, pests or blight — the traditional agricultural curses — but fertilizer: It costs too much.

Higher fertilizer prices are making the world's food supply more expensive for wealthy countries and less abundant for poorer ones, as farmers skimp on...