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How a Fertilizer Shortage Is Spreading Desperate Hunger

Por: The New York Times Business October 15, 2023

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Suleiman Chubado is not entirely clear what caused the price of fertilizer to more than double over the past year, but he is bitterly aware of the consequences. At his farm in northeastern Nigeria, he can no longer afford enough fertilizer, so his corn is stunted and pale, the scraggly plants bending toward the powdery earth.Inside his mud house, he has grown accustomed to explaining to his two young children and pregnant wife why they must make... + full article



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