DES MOINES, IOWA - AUGUST 23: Posters critical of the growing cost of living under President Trump are displayed on an alley wall on August 23, 2026 in Des Moines, Iowa. A recent poll of 30,000 US citizens by a British newspaper found that ninety-five percent of Americans believe the US is suffering an affordability crisis, with around 57% believing that the economy is worsening. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

DES MOINES, IOWA - AUGUST 23: Posters critical of the growing cost of living under President Trump are displayed on an alley wall on August 23, 2026 in Des Moines, Iowa. A recent poll of 30,000 US citizens by a British newspaper found that ninety-five percent of Americans believe the US is suffering an affordability crisis, with around 57% believing that the economy is worsening. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Robert Mwangi, founder of Nawiri organics that produces and distributes organic fertiliser, shows a sample of mature Black soldier fly (BSF) pupae as they metamorphisize into adult flies at their BSF farm in Njoro constituency, Nakuru county, on July 30, 2026. Agriculture is vital to East Africa's economy, but a 2025 soil report by German NGO Heinrich Boll Foundation found that more than 40 percent of the region's soils were degraded -- in part by overuse of chemical fertilisers -- costing more than $65 billion a year in lost productivity. Fertiliser prices have also increased this year due to the war in the Middle East, driving a search for alternatives. In Kenya, 32 percent of cropland was classified as strongly acidic in the soil report. Changing climatic conditions and overly intensive farming practices are among the causes, but Muturi says moving away from chemical fertilisers has boosted his harvests at his farm in Lari, about 50 kilometres from the capital, Nairobi. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker at a Black soldier fly (BSF) farm harvests mature pupae from troughs of organic food waste at a BSF farm in Njoro constituency, Nakuru county on July 30, 2026. Agriculture is vital to East Africa's economy, but a 2025 soil report by German NGO Heinrich Boll Foundation found that more than 40 percent of the region's soils were degraded -- in part by overuse of chemical fertilisers -- costing more than $65 billion a year in lost productivity. Fertiliser prices have also increased this year due to the war in the Middle East, driving a search for alternatives. In Kenya, 32 percent of cropland was classified as strongly acidic in the soil report. Changing climatic conditions and overly intensive farming practices are among the causes, but Muturi says moving away from chemical fertilisers has boosted his harvests at his farm in Lari, about 50 kilometres from the capital, Nairobi. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP via Getty Images)

A worker at a Black soldier fly (BSF) farm harvests mature pupae from troughs of organic food waste at a BSF farm in Njoro constituency, Nakuru county on July 30, 2026. Agriculture is vital to East Africa's economy, but a 2025 soil report by German NGO Heinrich Boll Foundation found that more than 40 percent of the region's soils were degraded -- in part by overuse of chemical fertilisers -- costing more than $65 billion a year in lost productivity. Fertiliser prices have also increased this year due to the war in the Middle East, driving a search for alternatives. In Kenya, 32 percent of cropland was classified as strongly acidic in the soil report. Changing climatic conditions and overly intensive farming practices are among the causes, but Muturi says moving away from chemical fertilisers has boosted his harvests at his farm in Lari, about 50 kilometres from the capital, Nairobi. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP via Getty Images)

Robert Mwangi (L), founder of Nawiri organics that produces and distributes organic fertiliser, inspect the progress of mature Black soldier fly (BSF) pupae harvested from troughs of organic food waste with one of his workers at their BSF farm in Njoro constituency, Nakuru county on July 30, 2026. Agriculture is vital to East Africa's economy, but a 2025 soil report by German NGO Heinrich Boll Foundation found that more than 40 percent of the region's soils were degraded -- in part by overuse of chemical fertilisers -- costing more than $65 billion a year in lost productivity. Fertiliser prices have also increased this year due to the war in the Middle East, driving a search for alternatives. In Kenya, 32 percent of cropland was classified as strongly acidic in the soil report. Changing climatic conditions and overly intensive farming practices are among the causes, but Muturi says moving away from chemical fertilisers has boosted his harvests at his farm in Lari, about 50 kilometres from the capital, Nairobi. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP via Getty Images)

George Muturi checks the progress in one of his vermicompost beds at his farm in Lari district, Kiambu county on August 12, 2026. Agriculture is vital to East Africa's economy, but a 2025 soil report by German NGO Heinrich Boll Foundation found that more than 40 percent of the region's soils were degraded -- in part by overuse of chemical fertilisers -- costing more than $65 billion a year in lost productivity. Fertiliser prices have also increased this year due to the war in the Middle East, driving a search for alternatives. In Kenya, 32 percent of cropland was classified as strongly acidic in the soil report. Changing climatic conditions and overly intensive farming practices are among the causes, but Muturi says moving away from chemical fertilisers has boosted his harvests at his farm in Lari, about 50 kilometres from the capital, Nairobi. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP via Getty Images)

Robert Mwangi, founder of Nawiri organics that produces and distributes organic fertiliser, shows a sample of mature Black soldier fly (BSF) pupae as they metamorphisize into adult flies at their BSF farm in Njoro constituency, Nakuru county, on July 30, 2026. Agriculture is vital to East Africa's economy, but a 2025 soil report by German NGO Heinrich Boll Foundation found that more than 40 percent of the region's soils were degraded -- in part by overuse of chemical fertilisers -- costing more than $65 billion a year in lost productivity. Fertiliser prices have also increased this year due to the war in the Middle East, driving a search for alternatives. In Kenya, 32 percent of cropland was classified as strongly acidic in the soil report. Changing climatic conditions and overly intensive farming practices are among the causes, but Muturi says moving away from chemical fertilisers has boosted his harvests at his farm in Lari, about 50 kilometres from the capital, Nairobi. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP via Getty Images)