The coming global food crisis
“Chemicals such as ammonia and sulphur are significant to agriculture because they are converted into finished fertilisers on a vast scale. Much of the Gulf’s ammonia is processed into urea, the world’s most widely used nitrogen fertiliser. Gulf countries account for 35 per cent of global urea trade; Saudi Arabia was the world’s largest urea exporter in 2024, while Oman ranked third. Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and diammonium phosphate (DAP), two of the principal fertilisers used to supply crops with phosphorus, are also closely tied to Gulf production and export routes. In 2024, countries upstream of Hormuz accounted for 18 per cent of global MAP and DAP trade.”
https://archive.ph/RVeFP
“Chemicals such as ammonia and sulphur are significant to agriculture because they are converted into finished fertilisers on a vast scale. Much of the Gulf’s ammonia is processed into urea, the world’s most widely used nitrogen fertiliser. Gulf countries account for 35 per cent of global urea trade; Saudi Arabia was the world’s largest urea exporter in 2024, while Oman ranked third. Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and diammonium phosphate (DAP), two of the principal fertilisers used to supply crops with phosphorus, are also closely tied to Gulf production and export routes. In 2024, countries upstream of Hormuz accounted for 18 per cent of global MAP and DAP trade.”
https://archive.ph/RVeFP
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