EditorialFarmers spreading fertilizer in a recently harvested wheat field, now newly planted with corn, in Luohe, Henan Province, China on June 15, 2023. (Qilai Shen/The New York Times)
EditorialA truck takes away leftover waste to use as fertilizer at Bio Energy Coevorden, a biogas plant acquired by Varo Energy, in Coevorden, Netherlands, April 4, 2023. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times)
EditorialA truck takes away leftover waste to use as fertilizer at Bio Energy Coevorden, a biogas plant acquired by Varo Energy, in Coevorden, Netherlands, April 4, 2023. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times)
EditorialA truck takes away leftover waste to use as fertilizer at Bio Energy Coevorden, a biogas plant acquired by Varo Energy, in Coevorden, Netherlands, April 4, 2023. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times)
EditorialA truck takes away leftover waste to use as fertilizer at Bio Energy Coevorden, a biogas plant acquired by Varo Energy, in Coevorden, Netherlands, April 4, 2023. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times)
EditorialA truck takes away leftover waste to use as fertilizer at Bio Energy Coevorden, a biogas plant acquired by Varo Energy, in Coevorden, Netherlands, April 4, 2023. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times)
EditorialA truck takes away leftover waste to use as fertilizer at Bio Energy Coevorden, a biogas plant acquired by Varo Energy, in Coevorden, Netherlands, April 4, 2023. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times)
EditorialA truck takes away leftover waste to use as fertilizer at Bio Energy Coevorden, a biogas plant acquired by Varo Energy, in Coevorden, Netherlands, April 4, 2023. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times)
EditorialA truck takes away leftover waste to use as fertilizer at Bio Energy Coevorden, a biogas plant acquired by Varo Energy, in Coevorden, Netherlands, April 4, 2023. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times)
EditorialA truck takes away leftover waste to use as fertilizer at Bio Energy Coevorden, a biogas plant acquired by Varo Energy, in Coevorden, Netherlands, April 4, 2023. (Ilvy Njiokiktjien/The New York Times)
EditorialH.M. Dissanayake, who, like other farmers, was severely hurt by a misguided government fertilizer ban to try and encourage more organic farming, in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, Jan. 17, 2023. (Jonathan Browning/The New York Times)
EditorialH.M. Dissanayake, who, like other farmers, was severely hurt by a misguided government fertilizer ban to try and encourage more organic farming, in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka, Jan. 17, 2023. (Jonathan Browning/The New York Times)
EditorialFertilizer is unloaded from a Russian cargo ship at the Port of Santos in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 27, 2022. Soaring fertilizer price are broadening the scope of food shortages. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil and President Joe Biden hold a bilateral meeting during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, on June 9, 2022. (Samuel Corum/The New York Times)
EditorialTivos, a cargo ship from Russia, unloads fertilizer last on April 27, 2022 at the Port of Santos, in S?o Paulo, Brazil. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times)
EditorialAgricultural fertilizer at the port of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 14, 2022, before the Russian invasion. As fertilizer costs soar, many farmers around the world are using less. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialTivos, a cargo ship from Russia, unloads fertilizers onto trucks at the Port of Santos, near S?o Paulo, April 27, 2022. (Victor Moriyama/The New York Times)