# Phosphate Fertilizer Crisis Drawing Attention to Sustainable Alternatives | INN

> An article reports that phosphate supply is concentrated in China, the US and Western Sahara, and warns that a global phosphorus shortage could arrive by 2023. It describes companies developing organic bio-fertilizer alternatives in response.

- Date: 2020-04-16 · published 2020-04-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53969-phosphate-fertilizer-crisis-drawing-attention-to-sustainable-alternatives-inn
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Concerns about phosphate supply concentration and possible shortages can support phosphate fertilizer prices over the longer term. The article is general commentary with no new supply event.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Sources

- investingnews.com: https://investingnews.com/innspired/phosphate-fertilizer-crisis-creating-demand-for-sustainable-alternatives/

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