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11 Dec 2024
IFA at the COPs
In the last quarter of 2024, IFA traveled to Cali, Colombia, and Baku, Azerbaijan, to represent the fertilizer industry at the Biodiversity and Climate COPs. The IFA delegation organized events, gathe...
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Blog Post
02 Sep 2024
Celebrating two years of the Sustainable Fertilizer Academy
IFA is excited to celebrate the second anniversary of IFA’s Sustainable Fertilizer Academy (SFA). Since its inception, the SFA has rapidly expanded its activities while maintaining its primary focus...
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Blog Post
31 Jul 2024
Four key takeaways from IFA’s Global Markets Conference
In today’s complex global landscape, understanding the fertilizer market requires in-depth analysis of many drivers, from agriculture and energy dynamics to geopolitical tensions and economic shifts...
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Blog Post
10 Jul 2024
Gender diversity at IFA: Highlights of 2024
As summer begins in the northern hemisphere and IFA prepares for a busy fall, the Gender Task Force takes the opportunity to pause and reflect on a busy first half of 2024, whose highlights were two c...
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Blog Post
17 Jun 2024
Reflecting on the 2024 Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit
The Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit convened by the African Union Commission successfully concluded on May 9 in Nairobi, Kenya. Over the course of three days, 6,000 international delegates pa...
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Blog Post
26 Mar 2024
Embracing sustainability and innovation: Highlights from IFA’s 2024 Global Sustainability Conference
The International Fertilizer Association (IFA) recently concluded its highly anticipated Global Sustainability Conference in Amsterdam, an event that brought together over 160 industry leaders, expert...
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Blog Post
06 Mar 2024
IFA on the road: 2023 in review
The global fertilizer market had another challenging year in 2023, underpinned by macroeconomic pressures, continued high feedstock costs and logistical disruptions. Further disruption came from confl...
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Blog Post
16 Jan 2024
Toward a sustainable and secure global food system
Food is essential to humans, and a healthy environment is essential to grow food. It might stand to reason that environmental protection would be at the forefront of agricultural policy. But the story...
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Blog Post
18 Dec 2023
IFA presents role of food and food systems in climate through its engagement at COP28
COP28 concluded in Dubai (UAE) on December 13, following two weeks of country negotiations and hundreds of events on- and off-site.
IFA ensured the visibility of the fertilizer industry, shared its...
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Blog Post
22 Nov 2023
Soils take the stage for a day at COP28
“Soils: Where food begins” will be the theme of this year’s World Soil Day on December 5. In line with this theme, the Coalition of Action for Soil Health (CA4SH) will celebrate the day at the C...
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Blog Post
22 Nov 2023
IFA at COP28
In two short weeks, delegates attending the 28th COP (Conference of the Parties) of the UNFCCC (the UN body responsible for the global climate agenda) will be arriving in Dubai to kick off their meeti...
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Blog Post
01 Sep 2023
Celebrating one year of IFA’s Sustainable Fertilizer Academy
As the Sustainable Fertilizer Academy turns one year old, IFA Sustainability Director Volker Andresen reflects on the last twelve months and looks ahead at the exciting plans for the SFA's next year of operation.
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Blog Post
06 Jun 2023
Three things to know about world phosphate rock resources and reserves
In this blog, IFA's Deputy Director General, Patrick Heffer and Matthew Lisley, Manager, Consulting Services at Argus Media, summarize the main messages of the latest assessment of world phosphate roc...
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Blog Post
22 Mar 2023
IFA Market Intelligence conducts port and farm tour in Brazil
Market analysts conduct most of their daily work from behind a desk. However, for any fertilizer analyst to fully grasp the inner workings of the fertilizer market, research trips and site visits offe...
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Blog Post
21 Mar 2023
IFA’s new public website offers a revitalized resource for fertilizer industry information
I am pleased to announce the launch today of IFA’s new public website. The site has been designed to be an engaging ‘one-stop shop’ for information about IFA and the fertilizer industry, showcas...
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Blog Post
19 Jan 2023
IFA engagement at the Climate Change and Biodiversity COPs (Conference of Parties)
IFA participated in both COP 27 in Sharm el Sheikh and the Biodiversity COP 15 in Montréal during November and December last year. Our objectives for these events were to highlight the solutions the...
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Blog Post
21 Dec 2022
Five fertilizer market dynamics that tell the story of 2022
In this blog, IFA's Market Intelligence Director, Laura Cross, explains the five key fertilizer market dynamics of 2022.
To say that 2022 was a rollercoaster year for fertilizer markets is an under...
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Blog Post
08 Nov 2022
IFA at COP 27
Food systems and soil health are the focus for IFA at COP27 in Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, November 6-18.
Photo by Shayan Ghiasvand on Unsplash
In support of the first Food Systems...
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Blog Post
13 Sep 2022
Routes to Decarbonizing Fertilizer Production
Food is loaded with energy, and it takes energy to make the fertilizers that feed the crops that become food for almost half the world’s population.
At IFA, we are seeing many opportunities on the...
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Blog Post
06 Sep 2022
Reflections on ONS 2022
The ONS Foundation is a non-profit organization facilitating discussions and collaboration on energy, technology and innovation. Last week, it brought together executives, policymake...
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Blog Post
16 Aug 2022
How Do Droughts Affect Food Systems
The global food production depends on many driving forces and the availability of water is one. So, what are the effects of drought on crop production? What can farmers do at times o...
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Blog Post
16 Aug 2022
IFA Annual Conference 2022 – Market Themes and Key Takeaways
How to navigate market risks while pursuing sustainability goals was the focus of the IFA Annual Conference in Vienna, Austria. The conference brought together the key players in the fertilizer indust...
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Blog Post
04 Mar 2022
12 Environmental and Health Benefits of Nutrient Stewardship
As the UN Environment Assembly met this week under the theme of “Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals,” IFA has been sharing knowledge about how mineral fe...
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Blog Post
07 Feb 2022
Why are fertilizer prices so high?
Global fertilizer prices are market-driven, and determined by the balance between supply and demand, underpinned by production costs. Prices also vary with agricultural seasonality...
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