For Nigeria, the price of fertiliser tripled as a result of the war. Nigeria imports Muriate of Potash (MOP), one of the major raw materials used for blending the farm inputs from Russia and has been unable to do so as a result of the cocktail of sanctions imposed on Russia.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday said 34,000 metric tons of Russian Fertilizer meant for Nigeria was stuck at EU ports.
"But we are ready to give these fertilizers to African countries for free. It took six months to deliver the first batch of 20,000 tons to Malawi, and another three months to take another 30,000 tons to Kenya," TASS quoted him as saying, adding that"we also have 34,000 tons for Nigeria, but have so far been unable to send it."
Russia's invasion of Ukraine since February 2022 has increased global food prices as well as the prices of commodities such as fertilizer. Russia and Ukraine together supply about 30 per cent of global wheat exports and around a fifth of the world's maize.
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