Agriculture
fromFast Company
4 days agoThe Iran war is triggering a global fertilizer shortage that could impact food prices everywhere
The Iran war is causing fertilizer shortages, threatening farmers' livelihoods and food security globally.
Nearly half of the world's traded urea—the most widely used fertiliser—and large volumes of other fertilisers are exported from Gulf countries via the Strait of Hormuz, making global agriculture highly exposed to any disruption there. Recent disruptions to gas supplies and shipping have already forced fertiliser plants, which use natural gas to manufacture fertiliser, in the Gulf and beyond to shut or cut their output.