• Detailed statistics about the fertilizer market, with 15 years of global capacity, production and trade data, almost 70 years of plant nutrient consumption data and a selection of country profiles and factsheets.
• Reports on medium-term and short-term supply and demand outlooks.
• Long-term fertilizer demand scenarios to 2050.
• Unique database on Global Nutrient Use Efficiency.
• Fertilizer Use by Crop database – the only one of its kind.
• Assessment of the global market for special products.
• Insights from monitoring and tracking developments affecting the future of fertilizer markets.

IFA has a long tradition of developing performance enhancing tools for its membership. These include fertilizer production benchmarks for safety, emissions, and energy efficiency and Protect & Sustain, the de facto product stewardship standard for the fertilizer industry.
More recently, IFA has partnered with the International Energy Agency to develop an Ammonia Technology Roadmap to lay the low carbon pathway for reaching net zero in production by 2050. In addition, IFA has partnered with sustainability consultants SystemIQ to produce a report on Reducing the Emissions from Fertilizer Use.
The Sustainable Fertilizer Academy (SFA) which IFA launched in 2021 provides a unique e-learning experience for everyone to learn about sustainability – from sourcing to production to use of fertilizers on the farm.
Best sustainability practices in the fertilizer industry are also a regular feature of IFA conferences, stakeholder events (UN COP, Biodiversity COP, etc.) webinars and social media campaigns.
Providing guidance is one of IFA’s strongest skills. Examples for sustainability are our Biodiversity Working Group and our Sustainable Metrics and ESG Working Group, and for circular economy, our Phosphogypsum Use Working Group. Created in 2013, this large member network has significantly helped the phosphate industry to position this by-product as inventory rather than as waste.
IFA regularly recognizes leaders in fertilizer production to inspire other members:

• Industry Stewardship Champions: a gold medal to recognize the Sustainability leaders in our industry.
• Green Leaf Awards: two trophies are presented for safety, health, and environment excellence in fertilizer production – one for the best phosphate or potash mining operation and another for the best nitrogen production.

• The Scientific Panel on Responsible Plant Nutrition, which aims to provide science-based knowledge on responsible plant nutrition to industry and other stakeholders involved in food and agriculture.
• Scientific advice, review and analysis of critical issues and developments for the fertilizer industry.
• Research into crop nutrient gaps and nutrient requirements in Africa.
• The Consortium for Precision Crop Nutrition, which involves 30 organizations including the African Plant Nutrition Institute and nine IFA member companies.