A farmer fertilizes a field on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, April 4, 2022. Russia's war in Ukraine has pushed up fertilizer prices that were already high, made scarce supplies rarer still and squeezed farmers. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
April 12, 2022
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April 12, 2022 11:35 a.m.
Russian war worsens fertilizer crunch, risking food supplies
KIAMBU COUNTY, Kenya (AP) — Monica Kariuki is about ready to give up on farming. What is driving her off her 10 acres of land outside Nairobi isn't bad weather, pests or blight — the traditional agricultural curses — but fertilizer: It costs too much.