As the price of chemical fertilizers has doubled since the beginning of the crisis in the Middle East, natural fertilizers, rejected by the methanizers, allow farmers in Essonne to reduce their dependence on imported fertilizers by a quarter.
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One-third of the world's chemical fertilizer production transits through the Strait of Hormuz. A direct consequence of the war in the Middle East: fertilizer prices are soaring. Knowing that France is 60% dependent on these fertilizer imports, farmers are turning to natural fertilizers, rejected by the anaerobic digesters that produce gas from agricultural residues. "It's mostly barley, and we also find triticale and rye," says Victor Rabier, one of the seven farmers who supply two anaerobic digesters in Angerville, in southern Essonne. War in the Middle East: "It's getting too expensive to produce" due to the rise in fertilizer prices, laments a European lobby before a meeting in Brussels. On his 140 hectares of land located nearby, the farmer grows wheat and potatoes. On certain plots, he optimizes the period between harvest and sowing. "The goal is not to lose the primary objective of the farm: to produce food. But between each crop, on a small part (7%) of my farm, I grow ...