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'The planting season is now,' but war in Iran has sparked a global fertilizer shortage (www.pbs.org)

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s all cool but have you wondered how would such a change get implemented overnight? You guys are all dreaming of solarpunk while the reality is much more immediate.

... what change did I propose to be implemented overnight? The core of my point is that reduced yields for a single year from expensive fertilizer is damaging to the financial health of firms, but not an actual famine-causing incident.

I reiterate, since you apparently didn't read closely:

Fertilizer increases yields, but we are in a system that struggles with overproduction and poor distribution, not underproduction.

[–] misk@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Food production and distribution system remains the same as it was, the ownership didn’t change, and so we will bear consequences of not having enough fertiliser that will be amplified by inefficient system. It doesn’t matter that it can be solved by more forward thinking because there are no functioning adults in power that would actually implement it.