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• Shortages Threaten Farmers’ Key Tool: Fertilizer

  Population growth, shrinking world grain stocks and a growing appetite for meat, particularly in the developing world, has collided with a shortage of fertilizer. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 09:48 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Agriculture, Economic Conditions and Trends, Environment, Corn, Biofuels, Fertilizer, Vietnam, Sachs, Jeffrey D, United Nations, Iowa, World Food Program

• Op-Ed Columnist: Grains Gone Wild

  How did the food crisis happen? The answer is a combination of long-term trends, bad luck — and bad policy. Read More... Posted Apr 06 2008, 11:22 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Food, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Agriculture, International Trade and World Market, Third World and Developing Countries, Politics and Government, China, Biofuels, Ethanol