# Phosphorus supply is increasingly disrupted – we are sleepwalking into a global food crisis

> An opinion piece argues that phosphorus supply is increasingly disrupted because about 85% of the world's remaining high-grade phosphate rock sits in five countries, with 70% in Morocco alone. It notes that phosphate fertilizer prices rose about 800% in 2008 and that phosphorus use is inefficient.

- Date: 2022-12-16 · published 2022-12-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38552-phosphorus-supply-is-increasingly-disrupted-we-are-sleepwalking-into-a-global
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Concentrated phosphate rock supply creates a risk of sudden price spikes in phosphate fertilizers, which would raise feed-grain production costs over time if disruptions occur.

## Read by commodity

- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2023-01-19 | [The next global food crisis? Phosphorus supply is increasingly disrupted... \| PotatoPro](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38129-the-next-global-food-crisis-phosphorus-supply-is-increasingly-disrupted.md) | +0.6% | -1.3% |
| DAP | 2026-05-28 | [OCP warns Hormuz disruption has evolved into global fertilizer supply shock — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19589-ocp-warns-hormuz-disruption-has-evolved-into-global-fertilizer-supply-shock.md) | +1.6% | +1.0% |
| DAP | 2026-07-14 | [Middle East crisis: fertiliser trade "severely disrupted", WTO says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18267-middle-east-crisis-fertiliser-trade-severely-disrupted-wto-says.md) | +1.4% | +3.5% |
| DAP | 2022-04-06 | [A fertilizer shortage, worsened by war in Ukraine, is driving up global food prices and scarcity](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42132-a-fertilizer-shortage-worsened-by-war-in-ukraine-is-driving-up-global-food.md) | -1.0% | -9.9% |
| DAP | 2025-07-29 | [Govt fertiliser subsidy outlay to increase amid supply disruptions by China and surge in international prices: Report - The Tribune](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4137-govt-fertiliser-subsidy-outlay-to-increase-amid-supply-disruptions-by-china-and.md) | +7.9% | +7.9% |

## Sources

- theconversation.com: https://theconversation.com/phosphorus-supply-is-increasingly-disrupted-we-are-sleepwalking-into-a-global-food-crisis-196538

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