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Indian farmers turn to black market for fertilisers as prices soar -Pratik Parija and Vrishti Beniwal

-ThePrint.in India is one of the worst affected by worldwide fertilizer crisis. Crop nutrients' prices soared as tight coal & natural gas supplies forced fertilizer plants in Europe to close. New Delhi: Indian farmers squeezed by a massive shortage of fertilizers are turning to the black market and paying exorbitant prices for supplies. The shortfall has led to a thriving market where subsidized crop nutrients are sold illegally at prices much higher than...

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DAP Shortage Continues in Himachal Pradesh and Haryana, Allocations From Centre Still Short

-Newsclick.in The demand and supply gap in both states has continued despite some allocations from the Centre. The data show that there is still a requirement of 1.29 lakh MT DAP in Haryana to sow wheat and for additional agricultural needs until March 31, 2022. Farmers in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh continue to struggle due to the shortage of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), an essential nutrient for Rabi season crops. The farmers are...

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Amid shortage fears, Centre forms team on fertiliser delivery -Zia Haq

-Hindustan Times Additional railway rakes, or train wagons, were being made available to ship fertilisers on a priority basis and at short notice, an official said. The Union government has formed a “crack team” to ensure priority movement of fertilisers to key food-bowl states as fears of shortage have triggered panic buying of crop nutrients, people familiar with the matter said. For the first time, a hub-and-spoke model is being implemented to take...

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UP: Acute Fertiliser Shortage in Bundelkhand Takes Lives of Five Farmers in a Week -Abdul Alim Jafri

-Newsclick.in Godowns of co-operatives have run out of DAP, urea, and other fertilisers essential for Rabi sowing. Many farmers in or around Lalitpur have either died by suicide or from exhaustion in their desperate bid to procure few bags of the soil nutrient Lucknow: In the last one week or so, farmers in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh have reported a huge crunch of fertilisers at a time when the sowing...

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Farmers Spend Night In Queue As Madhya Pradesh Fertiliser Crisis Drags On -Anurag Dwary

-NDTV.com Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has admitted that there is a slight shortage of DAP and blamed international prices. Bhopal: Long queues and loud protests by farmers can be seen across Madhya Pradesh as the acute shortage of fertilisers in the peak harvesting season drags on. In Ashok Nagar, about 190 km from state capital Bhopal, hundreds of farmers have been sleeping outside the Mungaoli block headquarters so that they can...

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