# Fertiliser shortage hits paddy farmers in Andhra Pradesh - The Hindu

> Andhra Pradesh is facing an acute DAP fertilizer shortage that threatens kharif paddy cultivation across more than 1.2 million hectares. Companies have scaled back DAP production because government price controls and subsidies leave them unable to pass on international cost increases.

- Date: 2021-09-05 · published 2021-09-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/45374-fertiliser-shortage-hits-paddy-farmers-in-andhra-pradesh-the-hindu
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Domestic Indian DAP shortages signal tight phosphate availability, which could increase import demand and support global phosphate prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- RICE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2022-04-27 | [Cabinet clears higher subsidy for non-urea fertilisers  - The Hindu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42150-cabinet-clears-higher-subsidy-for-non-urea-fertilisers-the-hindu.md) | -7.9% | -9.4% |
| DAP | 2024-10-29 | [After paddy, wheat woes for Punjab farmers: sowing 3 days away, DAP shortage hits hard - AgriInsite](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28187-after-paddy-wheat-woes-for-punjab-farmers-sowing-3-days-away-dap-shortage-hits.md) | +0.9% | +0.9% |
| DAP | 2025-05-01 | [Fertilizer Squeeze Pinches Farmers as India Caps Prices, Supplies Shrink](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25002-fertilizer-squeeze-pinches-farmers-as-india-caps-prices-supplies-shrink.md) | 0.0% | +4.8% |
| DAP | 2025-10-25 | [Fertiliser Prices Set to Surge as China Suspends Exports - PLY INSIGHT](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9556-fertiliser-prices-set-to-surge-as-china-suspends-exports-ply-insight.md) | -4.5% | -6.1% |
| DAP | 2022-07-15 | [China issues phosphate quotas to rein in fertiliser exports - analysts \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40413-china-issues-phosphate-quotas-to-rein-in-fertiliser-exports-analysts-reuters.md) | +0.6% | -5.7% |
| RICE | 2023-05-26 | [Rice millers urge Centre to accept parboiled rice in Rabi in ryots’ interest - The Hindu](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36009-rice-millers-urge-centre-to-accept-parboiled-rice-in-rabi-in-ryots-interest-the.md) | +6.6% | +8.1% |
| RICE | 2018-04-12 | [Madhya Pradesh’s Basmati claim \| India News - The Indian Express](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65584-madhya-pradesh-s-basmati-claim-india-news-the-indian-express.md) | +2.9% | -2.8% |
| RICE | 2021-12-03 | [Problem of plenty: Centre's refusal to procure more paddy impacts Telangana farmers - Frontline](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43665-problem-of-plenty-centre-s-refusal-to-procure-more-paddy-impacts-telangana.md) | -1.6% | +4.4% |

## Sources

- thehindu.com: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/fertiliser-shortage-hits-paddy-farmers-in-andhra-pradesh/article36301882.ece

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