Soaring fertiliser prices raise concern about possible shortages

Supplies won’t be affected as shipments are already on their way, officials say. Annual demand for chemical fertilisers is 700,000 tonnes but imports are just around 300,000 tonnes.

With the global price of chemical fertiliser soaring to a seven-year high, Nepali farmers could be in line for a repeat of the 2020 fiasco when they suffered a severe shortage of the vital plant nutrients at the height of the paddy growing season.