In South Africa some farmers are reportedly thinking of using animal manure instead of chemical fertilisers. Moneyweb Ukraine war
A wheat farmer in India, the owner of a sugarcane firm in Brazil and a grain producer in South Africa. Thousands of miles apart, the three men face the same challenge: protecting their incomes from the fertiliser shortage caused by the war in Ukraine. As the conflict enters its second month, its effects are being felt by farmers around the globe, with the international price of key soil nutrients from Russia and Belarus soaring to record highs last month.
In Africa, the African Development Bank aims to raise $1 billion from emergency support facilities, concessional loans and donor governments to boost wheat, maize, rice and soy yields on the continent and stave off a food crisis. In Brazil, far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has pushed for a bill to allow mining on indigenous lands, which he argued would make Brazil self-sufficient in potash, a mineral that is an essential fertiliser ingredient.
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