Viewpoint: Amid the Fertiliser Crisis, Africa Has a Chemical-Free Option: Agroecology
By Ange-David Baïmey and Mónica Vargas Collazos
More than two months into the US-Israel war on Iran, it appears we are veering towards another global food crisis. The conflict is driving up the costs of fuel, fertilisers, plastics and transport, resulting in higher food prices for communities from Manila to Quito. And now food production is at risk, with upwards of 20 percent of global fertiliser exports unable to move through the Straight of Hormuz and shipments of natural gas and sulphur, vital to the production of fertilisers elsewhere, blocked.
Photo courtesy Bioversity International.
Source: Al Jazeera (link opens in a new window)
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