The Age · World / Asia

Iran war sparks global fertiliser shortage and threatens food prices

· By Annirudha Ghosal, Allan Olingo
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Hanoi, Vietnam: Farmers around the world are feeling the squeeze from the war in Iran. Fuel prices have shot up, and fertiliser supplies are waning due to Tehran’s near shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for US and Israeli bombing.

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