MIT Technology Review
Study Finds Fertilizer Prices Are Bad, and It's Fossil Fuels' Fault Again
Fossil fuels are making fertilizer prices skyrocket, and farmers - and your grocery bill - are paying the price. But microbes might just save us.
2026-09-03
MIT Technology Review
2026-05-12
BBC World
Ex-World Bank Chief Asks China to Please Stop Hoarding All the Food and Fertiliser
David Malpass tells China to stop hoarding food and fertiliser, because the rest of the world needs some, and also to drop its developing-country act.
2026-05-01
BBC Business
Fertiliser CEO Drops 10 Billion Meals Bombshell, Blames War, Not His Industry's Pricing
Fertiliser CEO warns war in Iran could cost 10 billion meals a week, because nothing says 'global crisis' like a bidding war for food between rich and poor nations.
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