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            <description><![CDATA[Financial market research company BMI expects oil prices to average $90/bbl this year, and to remain higher for longer, which will, in turn, feed into rising inflation. This will lead to pressure being placed on the reserves of energy-importing countries and to tightening monetary policies, particularly in emerging markets in Asia, said BMI Emerging Markets director and global economist Nikhil Sanghani on May 26.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>INFLATION RISKS</category>
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            <title>Dangote raises planned investment in Ethiopia fertiliser project to over $4bn</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nigerian-billionaire Aliko Dangote's group of companies has increased planned investment in a fertiliser plant in Ethiopia to more than $4-billion from $2.5-billion announced last year. Dangote Group said on its X account on Sunday that Aliko Dangote had visited the site of the plant to assess construction work with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Energy solutions company Rentech is highlighting the long-term financial and operational benefits of solar energy for the agricultural sector, despite persistent concerns among some farmers about upfront costs and system viability. Speaking to Engineering News at Nampo Harvest Day 2026, Rentech business manager Jaco Weideman said rising electricity tariffs were improving the business case for solar installations, enabling farmers to generate savings that could be reinvested into their operations.]]></description>
            <author>Mariaan Webb</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 08:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified chemicals group Omnia is using Nampo Harvest Day 2026 to highlight its response to global fertiliser market uncertainty, with the company having made significant supply chain investments to secure input availability ahead of the summer planting season.

Engineering News spoke to Omnia executive director Stephan Serfontein, who outlined the group’s response to ongoing instability in the Middle East. He said the company had invested heavily in its supply chain to maintain security of supply for farmers, despite the pressures bearing down on input costs globally.]]></description>
            <author>Mariaan Webb</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Telecommunications firm MTN is commercialising a suite of AI-driven Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions for the agricultural sector, while identifying private network infrastructure as an important enabler of wider digital agriculture adoption in rural areas.]]></description>
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            <title>Geopolitics, energy prices, climate risks reshaping agriculture outlook – Coface</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A convergence of geopolitical tensions, higher energy prices and climate risks is reshaping the outlook for agricultural producers, exporters and agribusinesses, thereby creating conditions that will eventually weigh on global agri‑food systems, says trade credit risk management company Coface. Producer price inflation, which had eased prior to the geopolitical shock, is now likely to reverse. Rising fertiliser, fuel and intermediate input costs are expected to place renewed pressure on farm margins and profitability.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[Urine beneficiation startup PeeCycling is advancing a decentralised fertiliser production model that recovers nutrients and water from human urine, offering a climate-resilient solution for agriculture. Peecycling was shortlisted for the 2026  Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. PeeCycling co-founder and University of Cape Town’s Professor Dyllon Randall explains that the process begins with the collection of urine that has not been diluted with flush water, using urinals or no-mix toilets in buildings and at events or stadiums.]]></description>
            <author>Devina Haripersad</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Independent Commodity Intelligence Services fertiliser analyst Chris Vlachopoulos has warned that the global fertiliser market faces disruption to supply chains and costs on an unprecedented scale. He expects pressures in the fertiliser market to persist even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens and the Iran conflict is resolved swiftly.]]></description>
            <author>Marleny Arnoldi</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The escalation of the conflict between the US-Israel and Iran that is affecting the Strait of Hormuz region, in the Middle East, is increasingly reflected in fertiliser markets, and highlights the links between disruptions in energy and shipping and impacts on agricultural markets, future food supply and trade. Historical patterns show that increases in energy prices are typically followed by higher fertiliser prices. Persistently high fertiliser costs can, in turn, affect food supply, particularly when inputs become less affordable for producers, says UN Trade and Development (Unctad).]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>FERTILISER SUPPLY</category>
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            <description><![CDATA[The World Bank Group has warned that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East is placing increasing pressure on global commodity markets and supply chains, with emerging market economies already feeling the impact.

In a statement, the institution said a number of its client countries had raised concerns as disruptions to shipping routes and trade flows begin to drive up costs and heighten supply risks.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Disruptions to nitrogen fertilizer supply through the Strait of Hormuz could reduce global grain yields and shift planting decisions, potentially lifting grain prices, Goldman Sachs said in a report on Tuesday. Fertilizer shortages may lead to lower grain output through delayed or suboptimal nitrogen application and encourage farmers to plant less fertilizer-intensive crops such as soybeans, the report noted.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[UN Trade and Development (Unctad) says military escalation in the region of the Strait of Hormuz, in the Middle East, has disrupted shipping flows through this narrow passage, which raises concerns about ripple effects across energy markets, maritime transport and global supply chains. The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most critical maritime choke-points and trade corridors. It carries about one-quarter of global seaborne oil trade and significant volumes of liquefied natural gas and fertilisers.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Agricultural inputs company Zaad Group has been acquired by a consortium of South African private and public investment companies for R1.4-billion, which will support its next phase of growth and impact across Africa by expanding its sunflower, vegetable and maize genetics pool, and accelerating growth in the agrochemical and crop protection market in Africa. The consortium comprises investment management company Women Investment Portfolio Holdings (WIPHold), State-owned asset management company the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), private equity management company Phatisa Food Fund and State-owned development finance institution the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC).]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>South African nitrogen fixation fertiliser manufacturer eyes the global stage</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Custom Chemistry has managed to acquire 3% of the South African agricultural nitrogen fertiliser market in the past three years, says MD and chief scientist Gerhard Vermaak. “Our early-life initiation tech (EL-I Tech) – only four years old – is already being distributed in nine countries, including Australia and New Zealand.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Custom Chemistry has managed to acquire 3% of the South African agricultural nitrogen fertiliser market in the past three years, says MD and chief scientist Gerhard Vermaak. “Our early-life initiation tech (EL-I Tech) – only four years old – is already being distributed in nine countries, including Australia and New Zealand.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Brewing is not only a resource-intensive but also a water-intensive operation, and only through more sustainable practices can the South African beer-brewing sector assert itself as a sustainable and environmentally responsible industry, says professional body Beer Association of South Africa (BASA) CEO Charlene Louw. The various stages of the brewing process use of a lot of water; consequently, it is critical that brewers source natural water, recycle or treat process water and/or minimise overall water use.]]></description>
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            <title>Afrimat flags improved performance, higher interim EPS and HEPS</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed construction materials and industrial minerals company Afrimat expects to report a 74% to 79% year-on-year increase in earnings per share (EPS) to between 101.4c and 104.3c for the six months ended August 31. Headline earnings per share (HEPS), meanwhile, are expected to be 90% to 95% higher year-on-year at between 100.7c and 103.4c.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The bankable feasibility study (BFS) for blue ammonia producer Suiso’s R31.5-billion coal-to-fertiliser and methanol project in Kriel, Mpumalanga, was completed earlier this month. The study was carried out through engineering services firm Wuhuan Engineering. With the BFS complete, basic engineering for the project will start in February, to be followed by the start of construction next year. The plant is slated to be fully operational and fired up in 2029.]]></description>
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            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Multinational chemicals company BASF Performance Materials, the largest chemical producer globally, in August released its strategic roadmap toward achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and highlighted key milestones on its route toward a circular economy. With that in mind, the division, which brings together BASF's entire materials knowhow regarding innovative and customised plastics, is positioning itself at the forefront of the “much-needed sustainability transformation” in plastics.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[International network and civil society organisation Solidaridad is making headway in overcoming food security challenges in the Zambian agriculture sector by providing climate, financial and technical support to small-scale farmers and small and medium-sized and enterprises (SMMEs). To avert the impacts of climate change on agriculture – such as droughts and floods that contribute to food insecurity – Solidaridad, in partnership with smallholder farmer service provider Kvuno, is giving smallholder farmers and women in agriculture better access to input, training, services and market opportunities, says Solidaridad Zambian country manager Sheila Garakara.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas (GHG) said to be more potent than CO2 or methane – continued unabated between 1980 and 2020, a year when more than ten-million metric tons were released into the atmosphere primarily through farming practices, according to a new report by the Global Carbon Project. Agricultural production accounted for 74% of human-driven nitrous oxide emissions in the 2010s – attributed primarily to the use of commercial fertilisers and animal waste on croplands – according to the report ‘Global Nitrous Oxide Budget 2024’, led by researchers from Boston College and published on June 12 in the journal Earth System Science Data.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gear motors, frequency inverters and drive automation specialist SEW-EURODRIVE electronics business development manager Willem Strydom highlights the company’s role in the agriculture industry’s digitalisation journey and the importance of attending Nampo 2024, which was held from May 14 to 17 near Bothaville, in the Free State.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering News discusses how family-owned logistics provider Dachser South Africa is innovating to address the challenges that agricultural logistics face in South Africa with MD Detlev Duve at Nampo 2024, which was held from May 14 to 17 near Bothaville, in the Free State.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Suzuki Auto South Africa PR & events manager Eileen Gengan discusses how the vehicle manufacturer is poised to support the needs of the country’s farmers at Nampo 2024, held from May 14 to 17, near Bothaville, in the Free State.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Diversified group AECI reorganised the structure of its executive leadership team, on December 20, to be more aligned to a corporate business that will enable the delivery of its strategic ambition to double the profitability of its core mining and chemicals business by 2026.

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            <description><![CDATA[Sustainable waste management solutions provider Asher Africa’s latest waste management system effectively decreases a client's waste output and offers an “almost emissions-free process”, contributing to a client's decarbonisation efforts. The Asher, introduced to the South African market in September 2022, is designed and manufactured by waste solution developer Pamarai, in Malaysia, but distributed locally by Asher Africa, based in Umhlanga, KwaZulu-Natal.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Morocco's State-owned phosphates and fertiliser producer OCP said on Tuesday it had signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's investment arm, on a €100-million ($106-million) loan to build two solar plants to increase production of low-carbon fertilisers. The two photovoltaic plants will be located in the mining areas of Khouribga and Benguerir with a combined capacity of 400 MW and a storage capacity of up to 100 MWh, OCP said in a statement.]]></description>
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