The fertilizer market in Italy

Like many other life forms, plants need nutritional elements to ensure healthy growth and development, mainly potassium, nitrogen, oxygen and phosphorus. Fertilizers therefore consist of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, as oxygen is naturally present in the air. These are called chemical fertilizers, unlike natural or

Since 2020, the global fertilizer market has experienced major disruptions due to external factors such as soaring raw material prices and geopolitical tensions, in particular the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Natural gas, which can account for up to 80% of the production costs of some fertilizers, saw prices rise dramatically after the health crisis, hampering production and causing fertilizer prices to soar. The reduction in exports by major players such as Russia, which was the world's second largest producer and had interrupted its exports, only to resume them at the end of 2022, created a shortage in Europe, where fertilizer prices soared.this created a shortage in Europe, where fertilizer production was affected, with up to 70% of operations halted by September 2022. In France, fertilizer production jumped to 4.059 billion euros in 2022. Global demand is forecast at 3.3% per year between 2023 and 2032. The French market is undergoing a dramatic shift in favor of natural fertilizers

The "organic" fruits and vegetables come from organic farming: the production is natural and does not use any synthetic chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, artificial fertilizers or growth hormones.