# Maps&Facts: Declining supplies and soaring fertiliser prices: A threat to cereal production in the Sahel and West Africa

> An OECD data explainer says fertiliser supply shortages and soaring prices are threatening cereal production in the Sahel and West Africa. Phosphate prices rose sharply in early 2023 across several countries, and fertiliser use in the region is very low compared with the world average.

- Date: 2023-07-01 · published 2023-07-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region West Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/35357-maps-and-facts-declining-supplies-and-soaring-fertiliser-prices-a-threat-to
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced fertiliser use in West Africa lowers regional grain yields and may increase import demand, though the region has a small direct footprint in global feed-grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2022-07-05 | [Impacts and Repercussions of Price Increases on the Global Fertilizer Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40415-impacts-and-repercussions-of-price-increases-on-the-global-fertilizer-market.md) | +4.0% | -0.7% |
| DAP | 2023-07-30 | [India’s Fertilizer Report Card for Q1FY’23-24: Record Production, Imports, and Sales -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5886-india-s-fertilizer-report-card-for-q1fy-23-24-record-production-imports-and.md) | +2.0% | +3.5% |
| DAP | 2022-06-30 | [Impacts and Repercussions of Price Increases on the Global Fertilizer Market \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40878-impacts-and-repercussions-of-price-increases-on-the-global-fertilizer-market.md) | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| DAP | 2026-02-04 | [Fertilizers: Weekly Increases and Prices Between 6% and 14% Above December 2025 – Dezba Inspection](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5723-fertilizers-weekly-increases-and-prices-between-6-and-14-above-december-2025.md) | +1.2% | +5.2% |
| DAP | 2025-11-05 | [Global fertilizer prices to surge by 21% in 2025, World Bank warns \| AgriTech Middle East & Africa - Trends in I ...](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6231-global-fertilizer-prices-to-surge-by-21-in-2025-world-bank-warns-agritech.md) | +0.2% | -11.9% |
| UREA | 2022-07-05 | [Impacts and Repercussions of Price Increases on the Global Fertilizer Market](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40415-impacts-and-repercussions-of-price-increases-on-the-global-fertilizer-market.md) | -0.0% | +12.8% |
| UREA | 2022-09-18 | [FitchRatings: Moroccan Fertilizer Prices to Increase Amid Supply Constraints](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39898-fitchratings-moroccan-fertilizer-prices-to-increase-amid-supply-constraints.md) | -2.6% | -7.8% |
| UREA | 2022-06-30 | [Impacts and Repercussions of Price Increases on the Global Fertilizer Market \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40878-impacts-and-repercussions-of-price-increases-on-the-global-fertilizer-market.md) | +2.0% | +4.4% |

## Sources

- oecd.org: https://www.oecd.org/en/data/insights/data-explainers/2023/07/declining-supplies-and-soaring-fertiliser-prices-cereal-production-sahel-and-west-africa.html

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