Sentence examples for cost of fertiliser from inspiring English sources

They omit the states' deficits and also most of the cost of fertiliser and fuel subsidies (which all told add another 3.5% of GDP).

"But it's important to recognise other factors: erratic weather, the high cost of fertiliser and the impact of HIV on the farming community".

Poor rains, a tripling in the cost of fertiliser and pesticide, and land disputes linked to the election crisis have wrecked this year's maize harvest.

Around 40% of the American maize crop will be used to produce ethanol this year.Rising prices affect farmers in less positive ways, of course; Arable farmers are quick to cite the cost of fertiliser and livestock farmers the price of feed.

Production has also been affected by the relatively high cost of fertiliser.

Meanwhile, the cost of fertiliser production has also risen as the richest, cheapest phosphate seams have already been mined.

It rough," he responds when prompted by a question about the rising cost of fertilisers and pesticides.

The cost of fertilisers have risen fourfold in the past few years because petrol prices have soared.

Fertiliser production is dependent on both supply (especially for fertilisers based on mining naturally occurring deposits, such as phosphorus) and the energy costs of fertiliser production.

Ghana's economic woes have hurt farmers, who say basic operational costs, including the price of fertiliser, have risen sharply over the past three years.

But the future of farming in this area is uncertain, with soil fertility exhausted, climate-change impacts already being felt, and the costs of fertilisers used to grow the onions heaped on each plot wiping out profits.