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World News@quokk.au · 11 days ago

The war in Iran sparks a global fertilizer shortage and threatens food prices

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The war in Iran sparks a global fertilizer shortage and threatens food prices

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World News@quokk.au · 11 days ago

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Farmers around the world are facing fertilizer shortages and rising costs after the war in Iran disrupted shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, which handles a third of global fertilizer trade.

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It’s ok, they’ll use synthetic microbes that generate nitrogen. https://youtu.be/F5exsAlakjI
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  Neat! Microbes got to eventually be more efficient than industrially synthetically produced fertilizer from natural gas.

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