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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

No, nitrogen wasn't lined up. This is a widely reported problem. It's not a type of fertilizer that gets stored. And it's not one section of one country, it's majority of Gulf states at this point which accounts for roughly 20% of global supply. The issue isn't even passage at this point, it's that production has been shut down.

Meanwhile, US farmers are already seeing fertilizer shortages and fuel prices going up. https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/23/business/fertilizer-prices-iran-war-farmers

Western interventions are a whole separate problem for developing countries. That doesn't detract from food production issues in any way.