Our global food supply is at risk when high gas prices limit the creation of fertiliser | Andrew Whitelaw

We need synthetic fertilisers to produce enough food for the world's population - there are no other alternatives yet

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If water is the source of life, fertiliser is the source of scaleable food production.

The increasing cost of fertiliser is one of the largest contributors to a cost-price" squeeze affecting the farmers of major agricultural products in Australia and globally.

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