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
Africa’s Farmers Brace for Food Crisis as Hormuz Fertilizer Flows Collapse
The impact of the war led the UN to warn of spiking food costs for a continent where there were already alarm bells about potential famines and where governments also have limited ability to help. #Africa also has on average lower use of fertilizers compared with, say, Europe and that means the soil is already at risk of undernourishment, according to producer Yara International ASA.
Farmers in places like #Nigeria and #Lesotho say they are skipping fertilizers or scaling back the area they plan to plant crops. South Africa (#SA) is forecasting its lowest #wheat harvest in 12 years as winter planting begins. In #Senegal, some are using cheaper products.
“Across much of sub-Saharan Africa, where smallholder farmers use minimal fertilizer to begin with, any price spike can drastically reduce input usage and reduce yields that are already low,
#urea
The impact of the war led the UN to warn of spiking food costs for a continent where there were already alarm bells about potential famines and where governments also have limited ability to help. #Africa also has on average lower use of fertilizers compared with, say, Europe and that means the soil is already at risk of undernourishment, according to producer Yara International ASA.
Farmers in places like #Nigeria and #Lesotho say they are skipping fertilizers or scaling back the area they plan to plant crops. South Africa (#SA) is forecasting its lowest #wheat harvest in 12 years as winter planting begins. In #Senegal, some are using cheaper products.
“Across much of sub-Saharan Africa, where smallholder farmers use minimal fertilizer to begin with, any price spike can drastically reduce input usage and reduce yields that are already low,
#urea