Crude Harvest: Food Security Beyond Oil and Nano-Tech Quick Fixes
The myth of the ‘Green Revolution’ is finally evaporating in the heat of the Persian Gulf. The near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz in March 2026 has impacted the Indian agrarian landscape.
As 16 million barrels of oil and massive #LNG shipments stall daily, India’s domestic urea production has plummeted. It is now clearer than ever that industrial agriculture is a sub-branch of the petroleum industry.
Having spent decades forcing farmers into dependency on West Asian gas for synthetic nitrogen, the state now watches as global urea prices spike by 20% in a week. This validates what…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/03/23/crude-harvest-food-security-beyond-oil-and-nano-tech-quick-fixes/
#India #Iran #Urea
The myth of the ‘Green Revolution’ is finally evaporating in the heat of the Persian Gulf. The near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz in March 2026 has impacted the Indian agrarian landscape.
As 16 million barrels of oil and massive #LNG shipments stall daily, India’s domestic urea production has plummeted. It is now clearer than ever that industrial agriculture is a sub-branch of the petroleum industry.
Having spent decades forcing farmers into dependency on West Asian gas for synthetic nitrogen, the state now watches as global urea prices spike by 20% in a week. This validates what…...
Read full article ...
https://off-guardian.org/2026/03/23/crude-harvest-food-security-beyond-oil-and-nano-tech-quick-fixes/
#India #Iran #Urea