Browsing: fertilizer
Former president of Costa Rica on de-risking fertilizer shocks: how $700 billion in subsidies can do more
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Carlos Alvarado Quesada is former president of Costa Rica and chair of the High-Level Panel for a Just Rural Transition …
Iran and White House say the Strait of Hormuz is ‘completely open.’ But it remains closed for now
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Iran and the White House both declared the valuable Strait of Hormuz choke point “completely open” on April 17, and…
The Iran war’s fertilizer shock is hammering American farmers and 70% can’t afford what they need
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With the planting season ending in six weeks, skyrocketing fertilizer prices are forcing farmers into an impossible choice: cut back…
Paul Krugman smacks down Trump speech with argument that $4 gas is ‘less than half’ of the Hormuz hit. Here’s what he’s talking about
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In a primetime address to the nation Wednesday night, President Donald Trump cast the U.S. effort in Iran as a…
How the Iran war is sending fertilizer prices soaring—and threatening 48 million U.S. jobs
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The war in Iran could hit a heavy blow to one of the country’s largest industries, one that supports millions…
Kenya launched a fertilizer subsidy in 2008 and now farmers say the soil is dying and chemical fertilizers that make the land acidic are to blame
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When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could…








