This is how war in Europe is disrupting fertilizer supplies and threatening global food security

Mar 1, 2023

Fertilizer is seen in a tractor as it is being spread in a soybean field, near Brasilia, Brazil February 15, 2022. Picture taken February 15, 2022.REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Fertilizer exports have been hampered by the exclusion of Russian banks from the global SWIFT payments system coupled with the reluctance of insurers to cover shipments in a war zone. Image: REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Douglas Broom

Senior Writer, Forum Agenda

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A graph showing fertilizer prices from 2016 to 2023.

Fertilizer prices have eased but remain elevated. Image: World Bank

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