Morocco – a top fertiliser producer – could hold a key to the world’s food supply: Workers fill bags with fertiliser in Morocco's northern city of Meknes. Photo by Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images Morocco has a large fertiliser industry with huge production capacity and international reach. It is one of the world’s top four …
Ukraine: how the global fertiliser shortage is going to affect food: What happens now? lenina11only We are currently witnessing the beginning of a global food crisis, driven by the knock-on effects of a pandemic and more recently the rise in fuel prices and the conflict in Ukraine. There were already clear logistical issues with moving …
Russia’s war with Ukraine risks putting fresh pressure on rising fertiliser prices: Loading packed fertilisers at Russia's PhosAgro Group in the town of Pochep. Photo by Vladimir Gorovykh\TASS via Getty Images Russia is one of the major players in global agricultural markets. The country is a significant exporter of grains, and also integrated into global …
Why the humble legume could be the answer to Europe’s fertiliser addiction: An assortment of legumes. Morinka/Shutterstock Peas, lentils, chickpeas, beans and peanuts: if it comes in a pod then chances are it’s a legume. These unassuming food crops have a special ability that makes them fairly unique in the plant kingdom. They can convert …
How a pre-Incan civilisation thrived in the Atacama Desert thanks to seabird poo fertiliser: The Atacama is the driest place on earth outside of a few Antarctic valleys. Olga Danylenko / shutterstock The Atacama Desert of northern Chile is one of the driest places on the planet – in many years it receives no rain …
We found a way to turn urine into solid fertiliser – it could make farming more sustainable: Zlikovec/Shutterstock It’s likely that most of the food you’ll eat today was not farmed sustainably. The global system of food production is the largest human influence on the planet’s natural cycles of nitrogen and phosphorus. How much crops …