High fertiliser prices threaten food production amid drought worries
Chinese workers seal sacks of Kunlun urea at a chemical fertiliser plant of China National Petroleum Corporation in Tarim, northwest China. PHOTO | AFP
Food insecurity in the region —where several conflicts in the Horn of Africa, climate change and socio-economic conditions are already a cause for worry — is about to get worse as the global price of fertiliser soars.
Economists from the World Bank have warned that high fertiliser prices could exert inflationary pressures on food prices, compounding food security concerns at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic and drought induced by climate change are making access to food more difficult.
