India currently has sufficient availability of fertilisers, but prolonged conflict in West Asia could pose problems, said a top official of Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT), the largest supplier to South Indian states.
FACT, a public sector company, relies on raw materials such as rock phosphate and phosphoric acid exported from several countries in West Asia and the Middle East, and they are brought via the sea route.
The prolonged conflict could cause significant damage to the global economy, according to analysts.
Currently, there is no harvest season in India; it will begin after July, the Kochi-headquartered FACT’s Managing Director S Sakthimani told PTI, when asked about the potential impact of the current global situation on fertiliser production in the country.
“We have sufficient urea available. We hope that things (the war situation) will probably be resolved within a month. We have sufficient urea available for our Kharif season. We will not have any .​India currently has sufficient availability of fertilisers, but prolonged conflict in West Asia could pose problems, said a top official of Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT), the largest supplier to South Indian states.
FACT, a public sector company, relies on raw materials such as rock phosphate and phosphoric acid exported from several countries in West Asia and the Middle East, and they are brought via the sea route.
The prolonged conflict could cause significant damage to the global economy, according to analysts.
Currently, there is no harvest season in India; it will begin after July, the Kochi-headquartered FACT’s Managing Director S Sakthimani told PTI, when asked about the potential impact of the current global situation on fertiliser production in the country.
“We have sufficient urea available. We hope that things (the war situation) will probably be resolved within a month. We have sufficient urea available for our Kharif season. We will not have any . ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
