Daga Julia Martin-Ortega, Brent Jacobs da Dana Cordell

Idan ba tare da phosphorus ba ba za a iya samar da abinci ba, tun da dukan tsiro da dabbobi suna buƙatar shi don girma.A taƙaice: idan babu phosphorus, babu rayuwa.Don haka, takin mai magani na phosphorus - shine "P" a cikin takin "NPK" - ya zama mahimmanci ga tsarin abinci na duniya.

Yawancin phosphorus yana fitowa daga dutsen phosphate wanda ba a sabunta shi ba, kuma ba za a iya haɗa shi ta hanyar wucin gadi ba.Don haka duk manoma suna buƙatar samun damar yin amfani da shi, amma kashi 85% na ragowar dutsen phosphate mai daraja a duniya sun taru ne a cikin ƙasashe biyar kawai (wasu daga cikinsu suna da “rikitacciyar ƙasa”): Maroko, China, Masar, Aljeriya da Afirka ta Kudu.

Ana samun kashi saba'in cikin dari a Maroko kadai.Wannan ya sa tsarin abinci na duniya ya zama mai rauni sosai ga rushewar wadataccen sinadarin phosphorus wanda zai iya haifar da tashin farashin kwatsam.Misali, a shekarar 2008 farashin takin phosphate ya kai kashi 800%.

Haka kuma, amfani da sinadarin phosphorus wajen samar da abinci ba shi da inganci sosai, tun daga nawa zuwa gona zuwa cokali mai yatsu.Yana gudu daga ƙasar noma zuwa koguna da tafkuna, yana gurɓata ruwa wanda hakan kan iya kashe kifi da tsirrai, kuma ya sa ruwa ya zama mai guba da ba za a iya sha ba.

A cikin Burtaniya kadai, kasa da rabin tan 174,000 na phosphate da ake shigo da su ana amfani da su yadda ya kamata don noman abinci, tare da auna irin tasirin phosphorus iri daya a cikin EU.Sakamakon haka, an daɗe ana keta iyakokin duniya (“sararin aminci” na duniya) na adadin phosphorus da ke kwarara cikin tsarin ruwa.

Sai dai idan ba mu canza ainihin yadda muke amfani da phosphorus ba, duk wani rushewar wadata zai haifar da matsalar abinci a duniya tunda yawancin ƙasashe sun dogara da takin da ake shigowa da su.Yin amfani da phosphorus ta hanya mafi wayo, gami da yin amfani da ƙarin phosphorus da aka sake yin fa'ida, shima zai taimaka ma koguna da tafkunan da suka damu.

A halin yanzu muna fuskantar hauhawar farashin takin phosphate na uku a cikin shekaru 50, godiya ga annobar COVID-19, kasar Sin (mafi yawan masu fitar da kayayyaki) ta sanya harajin fitar da kayayyaki zuwa kasashen waje, da kuma Rasha (daya daga cikin manyan masu samar da kayayyaki biyar) ta hana fitar da kayayyaki sannan ta mamaye Ukraine.Tun bayan bullar cutar, farashin takin zamani ya yi tashin gwauron zabo kuma a lokaci guda ya ninka sau hudu cikin shekaru biyu.Har yanzu suna kan matsayi mafi girma tun 2008.