Today, we're going to look at the role of fertilizers in agriculture and in food security. The worldwide fertilizer market, which includes boron fertilizers, was around $83.5 billion in 2020 and it's estimated to grow with a CAGR of 1.6, 9% up to 2027. In other words, the market is predicted to be worth more than 93.9 billion by 2027.

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Today, we're going to look at the role of fertilizers in

agriculture and in food security.

The worldwide fertilizer market, which includes boron fertilizers.

Was around $83.5 billion in 2020 and it's estimated to grow with

a CAG R of 1.6, 9% up to 2027.

In other words, the market is predicted to be worth more than 93.9 billion by 2027.

Global growth prospects are high due to population growth, industrialization

and urbanization across developing countries, such as India and China.

Here there is expected demand in coming years from urbanization and

growth in demand for sophisticated food production to feed not only the domestic

market but to meet global demand.

China looks to be the largest contributor to this growth and

India will follow closely behind.

Several factors are driving the growth, including increased agricultural

production in these countries and also there's an increase in population

and demand in the same regions.

Fertilizers are necessary to optimize crop production.

This is why they're so important for food security in developing

countries and humanitarian crises like famine or drought.

It's very hard for a country to develop without having fertilizer available

to help them grow enough crops.

With fertilizers there are higher yields per hectare than with

traditional farming methods.

The industry has grown rapidly since the middle of the 19th century as agriculture

benefited from transport network growth and modern farming techniques.

At that time, nitrogen was discovered as a major mineral, which could be

useful for plants and crop production.

Before then farmers had no way to help their soil unless they were lucky

enough to live near fresh water Springs on land well-irrigated by rainwater.

Otherwise, the other option was manure.

Boron's role in fertilizers was discovered more recently in the 1930s when its

importance to plants was revealed as a way to improve water uptake and

promote cell growth and reduce disease.

Fertilizers are applied to directly to crops as an external

fertilizer on the leaves or roots.

Nitrogen fertilizers can help get rid of toxic levels of ammonia

combined with other substances that may lead to water pollution.

Boron is perhaps the most important nutrient necessary for plant growth.

It plays an essential role in flowering.

The mineral gets to the crops through the use of borax

,organic matter or fertilizer.

Boron helps plants grow by strengthening plant cell walls

and aiding in photosynthesis.

In addition, bore and helps to improve the efficiency of nitrogen

fertilizers by making them more available to plants and plays a vital

role, therefore, in food security.

Nitrogen fertilizer has two major benefits.

First it stimulates crop yields by helping plants produce proteins.

Secondly, it causes some crops to break down soil nutrients more rapidly

than others, which means you don't have to use as much fertilizer, if

your only goal is maximizing yields.

Several fertilizer companies offer shareholders the opportunity

to invest in this area.

These include DuPont.

Bayer Ag, Potash Corp, and Mosaic company.

All these firms have large market capitalizations for investors looking

to get into the sector with lower risk.

For those interested in looking at companies involved in fertilizer

production and global market for fertilizers, a short list

includes Agrium Inc, which is a company focused on fertilizer

production for commercial markets.

It operates across Canada, The U.S., Latin America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific.

Agrium is one of the largest producers of nitrogen based Capuchins for

food manufacturers around the world.

The company serves customers from offices.

The company distributes product to over 70 countries worldwide.

Potash Corp is another large fertilizer producer with estimated annual

revenue of over 13 billion us dollars.

It operates mines and production facilities across Canada, the U.S.,

Brazil, Chile, China, Morocco, and Russia.

It produces potash for both commercial markets, as well as agricultural use.

The US-based company C F industries Holdings manufactures,

nitrogen fertilizers, like urea ammonia, nitric acid., Diammonium

phosphate, ammonium sulfate.

It has two segments.

Firstly, the continuous fertilizer production segment and the nitrogenuous

fertilizer sales segment and offers three types of fertilizers, nitrogen,

fertilizers, potash, fertilizers.

And other crop nutrients to meet the needs of consumers globally.

Yara international ASA is a Norwegian multinational corporation

that develops producers and sells crop nutrition products.

The company was established in 1927 as a state-owned

enterprise to produce fertilizer.

It's now an international producer of food grade minerals

for the agricultural industry.

Finally Mosaic is a publicly traded company, which is part of the Fortune

500 mosaic Co., Is located across nine places in north and south

America, serving customers in more than 40 countries around the world.

Mosaic specializes in phosphate mining, producing fertilizers

used primarily on cornfields.

So that's a quick look at the global market for fertilizers and some of

the key players who are providing the nutrients and products to enable food

security to be carried out globally.

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