Precious Tshabalala

Economist

Precious Tshabalala is an economist with the Food & Environment program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

photo of a green tractor pulling a trailer with spraying arms and a yellow tank of fertilizer through a field of young corn plants, under a partly cloudy sky

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April 13, 2026

The True Cost of Fertilizer Hurts Farmers—and the Rest of Us, Too

Precious Tshabalala
Economist