World's food security in peril as Russia, China have stranglehold on key item

World's food security in peril as Russia, China have stranglehold on key item | WND | by Bob Unruh

The world relies for most of the fertilizers used to promote crops on Russia and…

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By Bob Unruh

‘If your stomach is full then you can defend your house’

The world relies for most of the fertilizers used to promote crops on Russia and its ally Belarus, and China.

And that has alarms going off because of the stranglehold that could give those nations over the world’s food.

A report that was posted on the Yahoo site explains, “Just as semiconductors have become a lightning rod for geopolitical friction, so the race for fertilizers has alerted the U.S. and its allies to a strategic dependency for an agricultural input that is a key determinant of food security.”