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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...

Russian war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies | 2022-04-12 14:20:17

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...

As the growing season approaches in Maine, potato farmers are grappling with a 70% to 100% increase in fertilizer prices from last year.

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...

Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her 10 acres of land outside Nairobi isnt bad weather, pests or blight — the traditional agricultural curses — but fertilizer: It costs too much.