
An IFPRI analysis finds that global food and fertilizer prices, which spiked in 2021-22, have receded close to pre-pandemic levels though they remain somewhat elevated. The authors note that the Israel-Hamas war and Middle East tensions have created new shipment bottlenecks for fertilizer.
Africa, where fertilizer use is limited, still faces lingering affordability problems.
Renewed shipping bottlenecks through the Middle East can lift nitrogen and phosphate freight and delivered costs. This supports fertilizer prices and feed-grain production costs at the margin.
Tras 205 eventos alcista de geopolítica pasados, Urea se movió una mediana de +0,4 % en 5 sesiones (53% al alza; mitad central entre -2,1 % y +3,0 %), y -0,4 % en 20.
Variaciones de la referencia de cada materia prima desde el último cierre antes del evento. Las lecturas históricas agrupan eventos pasados del mismo tipo; describen lo ocurrido, no lo que ocurrirá. No es asesoramiento de inversión.