The rise in fertilizer prices

Comparing the cost of fertilizer in the past year with the current year, this price increased by 150% per ton of fertilizer, which is extremely harmful to the economy not only to producers but to all people involved in agriculture activities and thus also in the consumer. The producers are very concerned about the rise in the price of chemical fertilizers, these, have the main function of increasing their production, this increase in prices is a problem due to this is the only way for living and support their family for these people.

One explanation for the increase in prices may be because the largest producer country of the raw materials with which fertilizers are prepared, which is China, has refused to export the raw materials it produces, due to this reason,  fertilizer has become scarce worldwide.

However, there is another way to produce basic grains such as corn through agriculture in many crops, it is called green agriculture or organic agriculture. This way of producing is based on the elimination of the use of chemicals for food production, which directly helps the health of consumers, however a disadvantage of this type of agriculture is the costs of making it works, consequently, the highest price of the products from it, these products called organic products have a high cost and do not have a high demand in the market.

In conclusion, the pandemic and war conflicts are getting bigger, therefore we are very likely to run out of inputs to fertilize chemically, so the current shortage should be seen as a great opportunity to start from scratch and fix the damage we have caused to our environment and much more importantly the damage to our health.

Carmen Silverio