The End to Cheap Oil: a Threat to Food Security and an Incentive to Reduce Fossil Fuels in Agriculture - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - April 2012

Fossil fuels are essential for modern, mechanized agricultural production systems. Petroleum products are used directly to power tractors, machinery and irrigation, and to transport, transform and package agricultural products. They are also used indirectly to manufacture fertilizers and pesticides and prepare seeds.