# East and Southern African Farmers Pay More Than Double Global Fertilizer Prices, Study Finds

> A study by CCRED and the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate found that farmers in East and Southern Africa pay more than twice international fertilizer prices, even after transport and related costs are considered. It attributes the persistent price gap and slower pass-through of global price declines partly to concentrated supplier markets and identifies high prices as a constraint on fertilizer use, especially among small-scale maize farmers.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-09T18:11:39.426Z
- Category: market · region East and Southern Africa · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/89911-east-and-southern-african-farmers-pay-more-than-double-global-fertilizer-prices
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Concentrated import, storage and distribution channels keep local input costs elevated despite falling global benchmarks, limiting fertilizer demand and potentially constraining crop yields. The article does not identify a specific fertilizer whose global price is directly affected.

## Sources

- kilimonews.co.ke: https://kilimonews.co.ke/general-news/east-and-southern-african-farmers-pay-more-than-double-global-fertilizer-prices-study-finds/

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