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FAO warns fertilizer prices could threaten Afghanistan's 2027 wheat harvest
Summary
The Food and Agriculture Organization appealed for $38.3 million to support up to 600,000 farming households after rising fertilizer prices linked to Middle East disruptions threatened Afghanistan's 2027 wheat planting season.
The Food and Agriculture Organization told the UN briefing that rising fertilizer prices — linked in part to Middle East disruptions — threaten Afghanistan's 2027 wheat harvest. FAO appealed for $38,300,000 to enable up to 600,000 farming households to access fertilizer and certified wheat seed ahead of the winter planting season.
FAO warned that Afghanistan's naturally low soil fertility makes wheat production especially dependent on adequate applications of diammonium phosphate and urea, and that delays or shortages risk lowering productivity during what could otherwise be a promising season.
