UN official warns of looming food crisis as Hormuz fertiliser plan stalls
Without a quick deal to move fertiliser through the strait, agricultural productivity would ‘significantly drop’.
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Angry Dutch farmers blamed for railway sabotage: What happened?
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Palestinian farmers battle settler sabotage to save Hebron crops, livestock
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Thousands of hunger-stricken families have lost their livestock and farms due to a yearslong drought in Somalia.
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As Japan turns back mangoes, China blocks rice, and European inspectors flag spices, India’s growers ask what’s wrong.
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