Can the World Feed Itself? Historic #Fertilizer Crunch Threatens #Food #Security
“Fertilizer #prices are up an average of 70% from last year,” said Timothy Njagi, a researcher at the Tegemeo Institute of #Agricultural #Policy and Development in #Kenya, referring to prices in the country. “The fertilizer is available locally, but it’s out of reach for the majority of farmers. Worse, many #farmers know that they cannot recover these costs.”
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