Shortages Threaten Farmers’ Key Tool: Fertilizer
Published April 30th, 2008 by in Fertilizer, World Food Program, Corn, Biofuels, Sachs, Jeffrey D, Iowa, Vietnam, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Economic Conditions and Trends, United Nations, Agriculture, EnvironmentPopulation growth, shrinking world grain stocks and a growing appetite for meat, particularly in the developing world, has collided with a shortage of fertilizer.