6 resultsfor “fertiliser supply chain disruptions in Europe”
Europe affected by fertiliser shortages due to the Iran war? European Union agriculture ministers are meeting in [Brussels](/news/2026/5/26/i-was-actually-depressed-france-tries-to-deport-immigrant-students) to discuss the availability of fertiliser as the war on Iran disrupts global supply chains
disruption removes not only LNG from the global market but also fertiliser produced in the Gulf, a region that accounts for about 30 percent of global ammonia exports and 35 percent of global urea exports
fertilisers was the main focus of this crisis. In recent days, however, pharmacists have also noted a spike in the price of medicines and contraceptives like condoms, as a result
disruptions to the supply chain. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping channel through which 20% of the world's oil and liquid natural gas usually passes, has sent oil prices soaring
disruption flies in the face of the growing dependency of the whole system on a few “breadbasket” locations, [with 60% of global food production occurring in just five countries](https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/business%20functions/sustainability/our%20insights/will%20the%20worlds%20breadbaskets%20become%20less%20reliable/mgi-will-the-worlds-breadbaskets-become-less-reliable.pdf). It also ignores
Europe. More recently, the US has put in place its own blockade to cut off any ships carrying Iranian oil and eventually force the country to shut off production once it runs out of storage