British media: The shortage of fertilizers caused the African food crisis

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] According to the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on the 28th, UN data shows that the supply volume of global fertilizers has been reduced by nearly half in the past year, and the price of chemical fertilizers has soared, and some types of prices have almost three times the past. The World Grain Program warns that the shortage of fertilizers may lead to an increase of 7 million in the face of grain shortage. It is estimated that due to the shortage of chemical fertilizers, global grain output may drop from 45 million tons in 2021 to about 38 million tons in 2022. Russia is the main producer of potassium, ammonia and urea around the world, and potassium, ammonia and urea are the main raw materials for production of chemical fertilizers. Russia exported nitrogen fertilizer accounts for 20%of the global total, but Russia is currently underwestern sanctions, and Belarus is also sanctioned by Western sanctions. The export volume of potassium fertilizer in Russia and Belarus accounted for 40%of the global total.

It is reported that in the 1960s, it was because of the great promotion of fertilizers and the transfer of related agricultural sciences to developing countries, and the third agricultural revolution in the world had occurred, which greatly increased grain output of global especially developing countries. Today, the shortage of global fertilizer has caused a potential food crisis, and the high degree of fertilizer relies on imported African countries to face huge challenges. In fact, Africa is the area with the least amount of fertilizer fertilizers in the world's units in the world. At present, many African countries are in the dilemma of chemical fertilizer, and they are trying their best to find a way to deal with the crisis, and it is obviously a feasible road to improving the production of African local chemical fertilizers. The richest man in Africa and the chairman of Nigeria Dangut Group Alco Tangot has recently taken action to build a large -scale fertilizer plant in Nini, and the annual output of urea is expected to reach 3 million tons.

However, African countries also face many problems to improve local chemical fertilizer capacity. Tanzania's largest fertilizer producer Ming Jin ancient mining fertilizer company executives vomit the media. Now farmers have high demand for chemical fertilizers, but it is not easy to increase production capacity in the company. In addition It is necessary to bear the tax burden, but Tanzan domestic manufacturers have to pay a fixed proportion of taxes to the government and have a high burden. Obviously, the demand between manufacturers and farmers does have conflicts. African farmers complained that they can only order chemical fertilizer from domestic manufacturers, but the price is high, and it is not easy to order. There are also some non -governmental organizations for farmers to allow farmers to set up production associates to unite to discuss bargaining and strive to reduce the purchase price of chemical fertilizers. (Zhen Xiang)

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