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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