@QBC TV – ELZUBI: 30% Decline in Global Fertilizer Trade

The regions most at risk are those combining high dependence on imported fertilizers with limited financial capacity to absorb price increases: foremost Sub-Saharan Africa, where fertilizer use is already low and any further decline directly threatens food security; then South Asia, with its dense population and heavy reliance on government subsidies for fertilizers; followed by the Arab region, which imports most of its grain and production inputs alike, facing a double shock.