Source: PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 8/24/22

What do you suppose would happen if you just didn't fertilize a field of corn? Due to high international fertilizer prices, more than half of farmers in Ghana this summer didn't apply any fertilizer to the corn they will need to feed their own families and all the rest of the citizens of that particular African country. Other farmers applied a lower-than-usual rate of fertilizer and only 10% applied their usual, full rate of fertilizer, according to a survey conducted by Farmerline, an African agritech company, as reported by the Financial Times (https://www.ft.com/…). This does not bode well for coming food supplies on that continent or any other.

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