The United Nations says fertiliser prices have tripled in the past year while production has halved.
It is another knock-on effect of Russia's war in Ukraine. Both the countries are leading fertiliser exporters.
In Kenya, farmers have been forced to scale back, which is threatening harvests.
Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa met some of them in Kiambu County.

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