North Africa holds roughly 78 percent of the world’s phosphate reserves, while African fertiliser production has grown by 146 percent since 2002.
By
Tilahun Amede
Head of Resilience, Climate and Soil Fertility
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
When cargo traffic slowed through the Strait of Hormuz this year, the cost of feeding continents moved with it. The corridor carries roughly a third of the world’s urea and nitrogen-based fertilisers.
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