Rising oil and fertilizer costs linked to Middle East tensions could affect food prices, but the effects will vary across products and may take time to fully emerge.
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Fertilizer is more expensive and in shorter supply. Without the right amounts of fertilizer at specific times, yields drop, food prices increase and food shortages result.
Approximately 22% of Malawians are food insecure, partly because of the poor maize harvest in 2023.
African competition authorities must investigate signs of anti-competitive conduct in fertilizer markets
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Professor of Economics, Centre for Competition, Regulation & Economic Development, UJ, and at SOAS University of London; advisor Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, University of Johannesburg
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Economist at Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Economist at the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Economist, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of International Business, Florida International University
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Professor, Dept of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
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Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph