How the war makes food more expensive
The industrial food system depends on fossil fuels for fertilizer. Shutting down the Strait of Hormuz just before the spring planting will raise food prices.
The industrial food system depends on fossil fuel
Urea is the world’s most common nitrogen fertilizer — the white granules that farmers spread on fields to make crops grow. It’s the chemical feedstock for nearly half the world’s food. It’s made from ammonia, and ammonia is made by superheating natural gas.
That fuel passes through a 21-mile wide choke point.
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Gulf states export a lot of fertilizer
Asia is particularly vulnerable to being cut off
2024, Global dependency on Gulf fertiliser exports by regions Kpler
The Ukraine war resulted in fertilizer price spikes, which accompanied food price spikes
The US Farm Bureau is worried
Global Consumers should be too
Food, trade and industrial complex: is there room for discussing food sovereignty at some level? What might be an appropriate level?