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)