Fertiliser: the forgotten history linking the agricultural commodity and empire in wartime
By Lorenzo Feltrin, Postdoctoral research fellow, Ca' Foscari University of Venice; Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)May 21, 2026
A labour and political ecology expert looks back at imperialistic logic and how chemical fertilisers have repeatedly served as strategic objectives and weapons, particularly in wartime.