# State chokes DAP fertiliser use to control soil acidity - Business Daily

> Kenya's government has cut DAP fertilizer supply, reportedly on the President's directive, to address soil acidity linked to continuous DAP use in the North Rift. The first batch of subsidized fertilizer distributed by the National Cereals and Produce Board contains no DAP, and the ministry is reportedly moving to cut imports from the six million bags planned. Farmers continue to prefer DAP because of its yield performance.

- Date: 2023-02-06 · published 2023-02-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Kenya · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/11837-state-chokes-dap-fertiliser-use-to-control-soil-acidity-business-daily
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

A cut in DAP imports reduces Kenyan demand for phosphate fertilizer and shifts volume toward NPK, which tightens the regional DAP market while farmers face a costlier or less effective fertilizer mix.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2019-10-11 | [IFFCO reduces retail prices of non-urea fertilisers by up to Rs 50/bag \| Market - Other Commodities - Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8766-iffco-reduces-retail-prices-of-non-urea-fertilisers-by-up-to-rs-50-bag-market.md) | +0.1% | -10.7% |
| DAP | 2023-04-11 | [Fertiliser prices rise by Tk5 per kg as govt reduces subsidy \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36724-fertiliser-prices-rise-by-tk5-per-kg-as-govt-reduces-subsidy-the-business.md) | +8.6% | -3.4% |
| DAP | 2019-09-05 | [Advance tax withdrawn from all chemical fertiliser import \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57403-advance-tax-withdrawn-from-all-chemical-fertiliser-import-the-business-standard.md) | +1.1% | +1.4% |
| DAP | 2024-04-24 | [Global fertiliser prices set to drop but gas risks cause concern \| Farm Online \| ACT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5022-global-fertiliser-prices-set-to-drop-but-gas-risks-cause-concern-farm-online-act.md) | -12.3% | -4.6% |
| DAP | 2020-06-08 | [Subsidy for fertiliser to decline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52928-subsidy-for-fertiliser-to-decline.md) | +0.6% | +10.2% |

## Sources

- businessdailyafrica.com: https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/markets/commodities/state-chokes-dap-fertiliser-use-to-control-soil-acidity--4113818

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