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A Sri Lankan farmer holds rice paddy grains as his country reels from a farming crisis. © Reuters

TAMAYO MUTO and TOMOYOSHI OSHIKIRI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Harvests have fallen in some parts of Asia and Africa as rising prices have made fertilizers inaccessible to farmers in developing nations, raising fears of an exacerbated food shortage.

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