Fertilizer Crisis In India

Avatar for Matt Hopkins By Andrea Klosterman Harris|27 June 2008

Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd, located in Kochi, has more than halved its production of the factomphos fertilizer because of a phosphate supply crunch, said Ratnakaran. “While the company was supposed to supply 7,600 tonnes of factomphos for June, it supplied only 3,092 tonnes,” he said, adding that supplies of diammonium phosphates fertilizer have also been seriously affected. “We have so far received only 3,092 tonnes for June, but we need 18,000 tonnes for the kharif season April to September.”