# The Great Food Security Threat: Peak Phosphorus?

> An opinion piece argues that phosphorus is a finite resource, with about 85 percent of mineable phosphate deposits in Morocco and few other high-density sources. It warns that depletion could threaten food security and urges reduced fertilizer waste and development of alternative phosphorus sources.

- Date: 2019-10-29 · published 2019-10-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56882-the-great-food-security-threat-peak-phosphorus
- Commodities: [Phosphate Rock](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PHOSROCK.md)

## Why it matters

Concentration of phosphate reserves in Morocco underlines supply risk for phosphate inputs used in feed phosphates, but the piece describes long-term concerns rather than a current price driver.

## Read by commodity

- PHOSROCK: bullish ▲

## Sources

- ipm.org: https://www.ipm.org/show/eartheats/2019-10-29/great-food-security-threat-peak-phosphorus

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