# Corruption and Nepal’s chronic fertiliser crisis - Nepali Times

> Nepal faced an acute fertiliser shortage this year after the importers Shailung Enterprises and Honiko Multiple defaulted on contracts, citing the lockdown. India had frozen fertiliser exports, and Nepal's annual demand is about 800,000 tons. The shipment arrived too late for the paddy season, so rice output is not expected to rise despite a healthy monsoon.

- Date: 2020-09-24 · published 2020-09-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Nepal · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10531-corruption-and-nepal-s-chronic-fertiliser-crisis-nepali-times
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Late urea supply cuts Nepal's fertiliser application and limits rice yields, which tightens domestic rice supply and keeps import needs and prices elevated.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2023-08-01 | [Why India's rice ban could trigger a global food crisis - BBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12033-why-india-s-rice-ban-could-trigger-a-global-food-crisis-bbc-news.md) | +2.9% | +3.9% |
| RICE | 2022-05-27 | [Centre is monitoring India's rice stock: Concerns rise over an export ban \| Times Now](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41361-centre-is-monitoring-india-s-rice-stock-concerns-rise-over-an-export-ban-times.md) | -2.8% | -6.9% |
| RICE | 2021-10-20 | [Rice Prices Set to Rise as Fertilizer Rally Drives Up Farm Costs - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44642-rice-prices-set-to-rise-as-fertilizer-rally-drives-up-farm-costs-caixin-global.md) | -3.2% | +3.4% |
| RICE | 2022-03-19 | [Paddy Crisis Worsens Telangana's Soaring Poultry Feed Cost Situation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42356-paddy-crisis-worsens-telangana-s-soaring-poultry-feed-cost-situation.md) | +4.0% | +5.9% |
| RICE | 2023-01-03 | [Nepal has a chance to become self-reliant on fine rice production](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12187-nepal-has-a-chance-to-become-self-reliant-on-fine-rice-production.md) | -2.3% | -1.2% |
| UREA | 2022-07-26 | [No fertiliser crisis despite 2 plants’ closure \| The Daily Star](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5037-no-fertiliser-crisis-despite-2-plants-closure-the-daily-star.md) | +16.4% | +13.6% |
| UREA | 2020-09-06 | [There is no fertiliser crisis in the country: Agriculture minister \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51418-there-is-no-fertiliser-crisis-in-the-country-agriculture-minister-the-business.md) | -1.5% | -6.0% |
| UREA | 2021-11-11 | [Will the Fertilizer Crisis Hit Global Grains Production? \| CZ app](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44009-will-the-fertilizer-crisis-hit-global-grains-production-cz-app.md) | -1.3% | -1.8% |

## Sources

- nepalitimes.com: https://nepalitimes.com/corruption-and-nepal-s-chronic-fertiliser-crisis

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