India Approaches Fertilizer Producers as Iran War Curbs Supplies

India is in talks with major producers and exporters of nitrogen-based and phosphatic fertilizers to secure direct procurement, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the Middle East conflict disrupts trade and constrains output.

Officials have approached Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Algeria and Egypt for supplies of urea and di-ammonium phosphate — key nutrients needed for planting crops such as rice, soybeans and corn, said the person, who asked not to be identified as the discussions are private. The government has also turned to China for urea supplies.