Sanctions on entities within major fertilizer exporter Russia after the invasion of Ukraine and a jump in the price of gas pushed up prices of crop nutrients globally in the last year. Fertilizer prices in Zimbabwe have risen by nearly 30% in that period
Kanenungo, a smallholder farmer in Mudzi, 230 km north-west of the capital Harare, is one of many who struggled to buy fertilizer during the 2022/23 planting season after prices spiked following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The union, which represents most of the country's farmers, said high fertilizer prices could impact crop output despite favourable rains in the maize-growing region. "The number of bags that farmers can buy has been badly affected," Kuipa said. These include Emilia David, a 27-year-old mother of three. "To save my crops, I had to apply decomposing tree leaves. I know this is old fashioned, but there is nothing I can do. My children need to eat," she said.The Food and Agriculture Organisation has named Zimbabwe, Malawi and Angola as countries in the southern African region facing food insecurity due to reduced fertilizer use.
"The cost of the programme almost tripled," Kawale said while receiving a 20,000 tonne consignment of fertilizer donated by Russia's Uralchem-Uralkali on March 6.
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