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KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya -- 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.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to problems with the world’s food supply, most notably with wheat and sunflower oil.
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...