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Nairobi \u2014 Kenya could face a fertilizer shortage following disruptions along the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing Middle East conflict, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned.<\/em><\/p>\n According to UNCTAD, about 26 percent of Kenya’s fertilizer imports pass through the narrow channel between Oman and Iran, raising concerns over supply constraints and potential price increases as the planting season begins.<\/p>\n “About one third of global seaborne fertilizer trade, roughly…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a> Nairobi \u2014 Kenya could face a fertilizer shortage following disruptions along the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing Middle East conflict, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has warned. According to UNCTAD, about 26 percent of Kenya’s fertilizer imports pass through the narrow channel between Oman and Iran, raising concerns over supply […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":227136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/download\/pic\/main\/main\/csiid\/00680972:305f717db9bfec4fc4dc60b6af479ef2:arc614x376:w1200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[258,256,11658,23775,10691,53929,4688,430,257,7349,9467,254],"class_list":["post-227135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-bites","tag-disruption","tag-fertilizer","tag-hormuz","tag-kenya","tag-kenya-news","tag-news","tag-risks","tag-shortage","tag-south-africa-today"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.allafrica.com\/download\/pic\/main\/main\/csiid\/00680972:305f717db9bfec4fc4dc60b6af479ef2:arc614x376:w1200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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