Workers carry fertiliser bags to be mixed with water at a farm's irrigation center, where a newly launched 400 wheat hectares farm in Sharjah's Mleiha, which has turned a UAE desert into a green land, aims to further expand and reduce imports, in Mleiha area, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana 

Hosni Ismail, operation manager of 'Garbaliser', a factory that produces organic fertilisers, puts a box of fruit and vegetable waste in a shredder machine in Brital, Lebanon January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

Zainab Masri, Businesses Development Manager of 'Garbaliser', a factory that produces organic fertilisers, talks during an interview with Reuters in Brital, Lebanon Janaury 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

Fruit and vegetable waste are put inside a shredder machine at 'Garbaliser', a factory that produces organic fertilisers, in Brital, Lebanon January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

Agriculture Engineer Mohannad Alloul, works inside a greenhouse near 'Garbaliser' a factory that produces organic liquid fertilisers in Brital, Lebanon Janaury 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

Zeinab Ismail, co-founder of 'Garbaliser', a factory that produces organic fertilisers, checks vegetables inside a greenhouse in Brital, Lebanon Janaury 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

A view shows plastic gallons of organic fertilisers at 'Garbaliser', a factory that produces organic fertilisers, in Brital, Lebanon Janaury 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

A view shows containers filled with different feces mixes at 'Garbaliser', a factory that produces organic fertilisers in Brital, Lebanon Janaury 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir 

A woman takes a clay "caganer" figurine, which symbolises defecation and fertilisation of the earth, and are believed to bring prosperity and luck for the coming year, in a shop in Barcelona, Spain, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/ Albert Gea 

A couple look at clay "caganers" figurines, which symbolise defecation and fertilisation of the earth, and are believed to bring prosperity and luck for the coming year, in a shop in Barcelona, Spain, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/ Albert Gea 

Catalan traditional figurines "caganers" representing Putin and Zelenski are displayed in a shop, which symbolise defecation and fertilisation of the earth, and are believed to bring prosperity and luck for the coming year, in a shop in Barcelona, Spain, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/ Albert Gea 

Catalan traditional figurines "caganers" representing Putin and Zelenski are displayed in a shop, which symbolise defecation and fertilisation of the earth, and are believed to bring prosperity and luck for the coming year, in a shop in Barcelona, Spain, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/ Albert Gea 

Catalan traditional figurines "caganers" representing Queen Elizabeth and King Charles are displayed in a shop, which symbolise defecation and fertilisation of the earth, and are believed to bring prosperity and luck for the coming year, in a shop in Barcelona, Spain, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/ Albert Gea 

Catalan traditional figurines "caganers" made of clay representing Shakira and Gerard Pique are displayed in a shop, which symbolise defecation and fertilisation of the earth, and are believed to bring prosperity and luck for the coming year, in a shop in Barcelona, Spain, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Albert Gea 

People look at clay "caganers" figures, which symbolise defecation and fertilisation of the earth, and are believed to bring prosperity and luck for the coming year, in a stall at the Santa Llucia Christmas market in Barcelona, Spain, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/ Albert Gea 

Catalan traditional figurines "caganers" representing international politicians including Putin and Zelenski are displayed in a shop, which symbolise defecation and fertilisation of the earth, and are believed to bring prosperity and luck for the coming year, in a shop in Barcelona, Spain, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/ Albert Gea 

Krishnan Shaktivel, a farmer, ties a sack of newly purchased urea fertiliser supplied through a credit line from India to his bicycle, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi district, Sri Lanka July 29, 2022. REUTERS/ Devjyot Ghoshal 

A worker moves bags of urea fertiliser supplied through a credit line from India inside a warehouse, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi district, Sri Lanka July 29, 2022. REUTERS/ Devjyot Ghoshal 

Chinnathambi Lankeswaran, 49, a farmer, and farm worker Mohammed Meeran Vijay Kumar, 50, move sacks of freshly harvested paddy, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi district, Sri Lanka July 28, 2022. REUTERS/ Devjyot Ghoshal 

Nallathambi Mahendran, 67, a farmer, holds paddy grains kept for drying outside his house, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi district, Sri Lanka July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Devjyot Ghoshal 

Mohammed Meeran Vijay Kumar, 50, a farm worker sews a sack of freshly harvested paddy, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi district, Sri Lanka July 28, 2022. REUTERS/ Devjyot Ghoshal 

Nallathambi Mahendran, 67, a farmer, gestures to show the ideal height of paddy plants in his fields, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi district, Sri Lanka July 28, 2022. REUTERS/ Devjyot Ghoshal 

A farm worker drives a harvester through paddy fields, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi district, Sri Lanka July 28, 2022. REUTERS/ Devjyot Ghoshal 

People, including farmers, queue up outside a fuel station, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi district, Sri Lanka July 28, 2022. REUTERS/ Devjyot Ghoshal 

Nallathambi Mahendran, 67, a farmer, walks through his paddy field, amid the country's worst economic crisis, in Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka July 28, 2022. REUTERS/ Devjyot Ghoshal 

India's Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who is also Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, poses for a picture after his interview with Reuters at his office in New Delhi, India, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

India's Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who is also Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, gestures during his interview with Reuters at his office in New Delhi, India, July 15, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

Tseng Tien-fu transport weed to use as fertilisers at his farm in Taoyuan, Taiwan, June 13, 2022. REUTERS/Ann Wang 

Workers mix organic fertilizer produced from disposed rice husks and other agricultural chaff at the Safi Organics plant, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

A worker at a paddy field prepares to carry bags of disposed rice husks before burning them in a traditional kiln to produce organic fertilizer, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

A farmer is seen in a paddy field, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

Brian Ndegwa feet are seen as he mixes organic fertilizer produced from disposed rice husks and other agricultural chaff at the Safi Organics plant, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

A worker offloads a bag of disposed rice husks before burning them in a traditional kiln to produce organic fertilizer, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

Brian Ndegwa looks on as he mixes organic fertilizer produced from disposed rice husks and other agricultural chaff at the Safi Organics plant, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

A worker offloads a bag of disposed rice husks before burning them in a traditional kiln to produce organic fertilizer, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

A worker carries a bag of disposed rice husks before burning them in a traditional kiln to produce organic fertilizer, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

Samuel Rigu co-founder of Safi Organics speaks at the plant that produces organic fertilizer from disposed rice husks and other agricultural chaff, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, at the Safi Organics plant, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

A worker mixes disposed rice husks before burning them in a traditional kiln to produce organic fertilizer, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

A worker carries a bag of organic fertilizer produced from disposed rice husks and other agricultural chaff at the Safi Organics plant, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

Workers mix organic fertilizer produced from disposed rice husks and other agricultural chaff at the Safi Organics plant, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

Workers mix organic fertilizer produced from disposed rice husks and other agricultural chaff at the Safi Organics plant, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

Brian Ndegwa mixes organic fertilizer produced from disposed rice husks and other agricultural chaff at the Safi Organics plant, following renewed interest in organic fertilizer as global prices for chemical inputs skyrocket due to the war in Ukraine, in Mwea, Kenya April 6, 2022. Picture taken April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya 

An aerial view shows a tractor spreading fertiliser on a wheat field near the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 5, 2022. The wheat has been sown for the coming season but nobody in the farming village knows if it will be harvested. "We have planted all the wheat. But will we be able to grow anything and harvest it under the current circumstances?" said Vadim Aleksandrovich, director of Granary of Sloboda, a farming company that emerged from a former Soviet-era collective farm. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A local farm worker unloads Ukrainian-made fertiliser from a truck to use on a wheat field near the village of Yakovlivka after it was hit by an aerial bombardment outside Kharkiv, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 5, 2022. The wheat has been sown for the coming season but nobody in the farming village knows if it will be harvested. "We have planted all the wheat. But will we be able to grow anything and harvest it under the current circumstances?" said Vadim Aleksandrovich, director of Granary of Sloboda, a farming company that emerged from a former Soviet-era collective farm. REUTERS/Thomas Peter SEARCH "YAKOVLIVKA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

Wind power stations of German utility RWE, one of Europe's biggest electricity companies are pictured in front of RWE's brown coal fired power plants of Neurath as farmers fertilise their fields near Jackerath, north-west of Cologne, Germany, March 18, 2022. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay 

St. Mary's Abbey is seen in the distance on a foggy morning as Sr. Maria Therese walks through its integrated wetlands, which purifies sewage waste and fertilises the grounds of the Abbey, which houses an enclosed order of Trappistine nuns, in Glencairn, Ireland November 23, 2021. The monastery uses green energy and sustainable farming to try to make itself self sufficient for both heating and food. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

A farmer works at a paddy field in Dekatana, Sri Lanka October 30, 2021. Picture taken October 30, 2021. REUTERS/Indunil Usgoda Arachchi 

A farmer works at a paddy field in Dekatana, Sri Lanka October 30, 2021. Picture taken October 30, 2021. REUTERS/Indunil Usgoda Arachchi 

A farmer works at a paddy field in Dekatana, Sri Lanka October 30, 2021. Picture taken October 30, 2021. REUTERS/Indunil Usgoda Arachchi 

Farmers load sacks of fertiliser into a seeder on a wheat field in Nanyang, Henan province, China October 13, 2021. Picture taken October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song 

A farmer loads seeds into a seeder with fertiliser, on a wheat field in Nanyang, Henan province, China October 13, 2021. Picture taken October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song 

Minik Rosing, Professor at University of Copenhagen, poses for a picture at a site with glacial mud close to Nuuk, Greenland, September 10, 2021. Picture taken September 10, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

A land site with glacial mud is seen close to Nuuk, Greenland, September 10, 2021. Picture taken September 10, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Minik Rosing, Professor at University of Copenhagen, presents glacial mud close to Nuuk, Greenland, September 10, 2021. Picture taken September 10, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

A land site with glacial mud is seen close to Nuuk, Greenland, September 10, 2021. Picture taken September 10, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Minik Rosing, Professor at University of Copenhagen, presents glacial mud close to Nuuk, Greenland, September 10, 2021. Picture taken September 10, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

A staff member walks inside a warehouse for fertiliser products at Syngenta Group China's Modern Agriculture Platform (MAP) service centre, during a media tour in Wei county of Handan, Hebei province, China June 11, 2021. Picture taken June 11, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A staff member introduces wheat seeds and fertiliser products developed by Syngenta Group China's Modern Agriculture Platform (MAP) service, at a demonstration field of Syngenta Group China during a media tour in Wei county of Handan, Hebei province, China June 11, 2021. Picture taken June 11, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

Workers of a fertiliser company shout slogans during a demonstration against a planned labour bill, during a 24-hour strike in Athens, Greece, June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis 

Workers of a fertiliser company shout slogans during a demonstration in front of the parliament building against a planned labour bill, during a 24-hour strike in Athens, Greece, June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis