Tag: Fertilizer

How a Fertilizer Shortage Is Spreading Desperate Hunger

Across Africa and in parts of Asia, disruption to the supply chain for fertilizer is raising food prices and increasing malnutrition.

How New Yorkers’ Food Scraps Get ‘Digested’ to Provide Gas for Homes

So far, nothing from the city’s curbside composting program has been composted. But gas produced by the scraps is now consistently flowing into pipelines to serve homes.

Bill Gates: ‘We’re in a Worse Place Than I Expected’

The philanthropist on how the pandemic and the effects of the war in Ukraine are setting back progress.

What Drives the Price of Wheat, Beyond War in Ukraine

The price has fallen sharply from its peak after one major producer, Russia, invaded another, Ukraine. But that hasn’t ended fears of a global hunger crisis.