Fertilizer Crunch Threatens Global Food Security | Durham News

Durham News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 6, 2026 · 1m

Fertilizer prices remain sky-high despite falling oil costs, crippling farmers worldwide as they face impossible choices during planting season. Disruptions in key inputs like sulfur and urea create long-term ripple effects, threatening food security in vulnerable regions like Ethiopia and South Asia. With crop yields at risk and staple food prices soaring, the fallout stretches beyond this year’s harvest—impacting future seasons and pushing already fragile populations closer to famine. As global markets remain tightly linked, this quiet crisis could soon explode into a full-blown food…