# The DAP gap: Is the ongoing shortage real, and can it be mitigated? | Agriculture - Business Standard

> Business Standard reports a DAP shortage in northern India is pushing wheat and potato farmers toward NPKS complexes, which require roughly double the bag volume for the same phosphorus. In some areas DAP is out of stock or sold on the black market at nearly double the price.

- Date: 2024-11-10 · published 2024-11-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region India · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/27718-the-dap-gap-is-the-ongoing-shortage-real-and-can-it-be-mitigated-agriculture
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Shortages and substitution raise farm input costs and shift demand toward NPKS, reinforcing firm phosphate prices and potentially squeezing rabi crop margins.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: neutral

## Sources

- business-standard.com: https://www.business-standard.com/industry/agriculture/the-dap-gap-is-the-ongoing-shortage-real-and-can-it-be-mitigated-124111000622_1.html

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