When agri-food prices rise, who bears the cost? Elena Mora LopezViviana PeregoEmiliano MagriniValentina Pernechele January 07, 2026 This page in: English Español

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/latinamerica/when-agri-food-prices-rise-who-bears-the-cost- During a visit to El Salvador, we met María Alexandra Tamanique, a maize farmer in La Libertad. She told us about the difficult decision she had to make during the fertilizer price increase in 2022–2023: to reduce fertilizer use and accept lower crop yields. “My maize yields fell sharply,” she told us, as poor road conditions and high transportation costs made it difficult to access mills further away.