POLICY SEMINAR

Fertilizer Availability and Affordability: Implications for agricultural productivity and food security

MAY 4, 2022 - 9:30 TO 11:30AM EDT

The invasion of Ukraine has driven up already high global agricultural commodity prices. Fertilizer prices have also reached all-time highs, casting a serious shadow on future harvests, and thus add to concerns about global food security.

Speakers will address the implications of increased prices on fertilizer demand, usage and productivity, the viability of government fertilizer subsidies and soil health.

This is the third event in an IFPRI seminar series on Food and Fertilizer Price Trends: Impacts on global food security.(https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-fertilizers-and-nutrition-rising-prices-and-global-food-security)

Key Considerations from an industry perspective

Svein Tore Holsether, President and Chief Executive Officer, Yara International and Chairman of the International Fertilizer Association (IFA)

Key Considerations from a farmer's perspective

Theo de Jager, President, World Farmer Organisation

Key Fertilizer Price Drivers pre- and post-invasion of Ukraine

Laura Cross, Director, Market Intelligence at International Fertilizer Association (IFA)

Countries with high import dependence

David Laborde Debucquet, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI

Panel on Regional & Country perspectives

Sub Saharan Africa

Sebastian Nduva, Program Lead, AfricaFertilizer.org (AFO), International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)

Brazil

Marcos Jank, Senior Professor of Global Agribusiness, INSPER, Brazil (Presentation)

India

Rakesh Kapur, Managing Director, Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd. (IFFCO)

China

Jingfen Qian, Vice President, China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals and Chemical Importers & Exporters (CCCMC) (remarks delivered by Airong Zhang)

Nutrient Use Efficiency and Soil Health Considerations

Bernard Vanlauwe, Director R4D, Central Africa and Natural Resource Management, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Moderator

Charlotte Hebebrand, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IFPRI

Seminar Series: Food & Fertilizer Price Trends: Impacts On Global Food Security (https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/food-fertilizers-and-nutrition-rising-prices-and-global-food-security)

COUNTRIES & REGIONS

Global: https://www.ifpri.org/country/global

Ukraine: https://www.ifpri.org/country/ukraine

TOPICS

Food Prices: https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-prices

Food Security https://www.ifpri.org/topic/food-security

Agriculture Production https://www.ifpri.org/topic/agriculture-production

More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/food-all-international-organizations-and-transformation-agriculture

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