The EU has set out plans to ramp up production of home-grown fertiliser, in a blow to Morocco which has been lobbying the EU Commission to encourage imports of its phosphate-based fertiliser.

With fertiliser prices soaring due to the volatility of global markets, the European Commission is attempting to calm struggling farmers ahead of key political talks on the…

Fertiliser producers argue that the EU's carbon pricing rules at the border protect the European industry from cheaper imports produced under weaker environmental rules. But…