# How cartels have pushed up fertiliser prices, making food costly | Daily Nation

> A Daily Nation investigation says Kenyan fertilizer importers and distributors have built a cartel-like market structure, with the subsidised-fertilizer board handling storage and distribution but not guaranteeing fair farm-gate prices. The article says Kenyan farmers may pay more for fertilizer than farmers in any other country.

- Date: 2019-04-26 · published 2019-04-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Kenya · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59915-how-cartels-have-pushed-up-fertiliser-prices-making-food-costly-daily-nation
- Commodities: [TSP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/TSP.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Higher delivered fertilizer costs in Kenya squeeze maize farmers' margins and reduce local output, which increases dependence on imported maize. The effect on global fertilizer prices is minimal.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DAP | 2023-04-12 | [The FE - Fertiliser prices revised upward](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5940-the-fe-fertiliser-prices-revised-upward.md) | +1.6% | -9.7% |
| DAP | 2021-08-07 | [Chinese fertiliser factories 'focusing on local market' as international prices skyrocket - ABC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45880-chinese-fertiliser-factories-focusing-on-local-market-as-international-prices.md) | 0.0% | +5.6% |
| DAP | 2021-10-20 | [Rice Prices Set to Rise as Fertilizer Rally Drives Up Farm Costs - Caixin Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44642-rice-prices-set-to-rise-as-fertilizer-rally-drives-up-farm-costs-caixin-global.md) | +0.0% | +4.3% |
| DAP | 2021-12-17 | [Itafos predicts high prices for phosphorus fertilizers — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43922-itafos-predicts-high-prices-for-phosphorus-fertilizers-fertilizer-daily.md) | +0.1% | -3.8% |
| DAP | 2021-05-30 | [How govt prevented a farming crisis by increasing DAP fertiliser subsidy as global prices soar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6420-how-govt-prevented-a-farming-crisis-by-increasing-dap-fertiliser-subsidy-as.md) | +3.7% | +5.4% |

## Sources

- nation.africa: https://nation.africa/kenya/news/how-cartels-have-pushed-up-fertiliser-prices-making-food-costly-162286

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