India to 投資する overseas, 捜し出す long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 取引，協定s in 押し進める for fertiliser
By Nidhi Verma and Rajendra Jadhav
NEW DELHI, July 20 (Reuters) - India 計画（する）s to 安全な・保証する fertiliser 供給（する）s and hedge against price rises by 拡大するing its 足跡 in mineral-rich countries through 投資s and multi-year 輸入する 取引，協定s, fertiliser 大臣 Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday.
The chase for 供給（する） 安全 comes as prices of 重要な 刈る nutrients such as urea, potash and Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) have jumped to 記録，記録的な／記録するs に引き続いて 許可／制裁s on 重要な 生産者s such as Belarus and Russia and lower 供給（する）s from Morocco and 中国.
The world's second biggest 生産者 of wheat and rice relies mostly on 年次の 輸入する 取引，協定s and 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 購入（する）s to 会合，会う rising 需要・要求する for fertilisers from its 農業 部門, which accounts for 15% of an economy of more than $3 一兆.
"We have to take our 関係 with fertiliser 供給者s beyond just 存在 買い手 and 販売人," Mandaviya told Reuters in an interview. "We want to have a 戦略の 共同 with them through 投資 in their 資産s."
Indian 会社／堅いs are looking to buy 火刑／賭けるs in phosphoric 酸性の 地雷s in Senegal and DAP 地雷s in Saudi Arabia and 類似の 資産s in Africa and Canada, he 追加するd.
India 輸入するs about a third of its 年次の 消費 of 60 million tonnes of 国／地域 nutrients.
High prices に引き続いて Western 許可／制裁s in the wake of the ウクライナ共和国 衝突 have driven 補助金 payouts to 記録，記録的な／記録する highs, as the Indian 政府 供給（する）s 農業者s with fertiliser at 率s far lower than the cost of 生産／産物.
The fertiliser 補助金 could rise to a 記録，記録的な／記録する 2.5 一兆 rupees in the 現在の 会計年度 to March 31, Mandaviya 追加するd.
"Our 優先 is to get fertilisers and raw 構成要素s at lower prices to 安全な・保証する our food 安全 and timely availability to our 農業者s," he said.
With more than half its 全労働人口 雇うd in 農業, India is one of the world's 主要な importers of fertiliser. Any change in its 購入（する） pattern would a ffect 全世界の prices.
Long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 取引，協定s were the 'best bet' to 安全な・保証する 供給（する）s まっただ中に geopolitical crises and 緩和する the 重荷（を負わせる） on the Indian 予算, Mandaviya said, 追加するing, "供給者s are 申し込む／申し出ing 割引s of 10% to 25% from international prices."
He said 政府-to-政府 会談 would help Indian 会社／堅いs in finalising long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 取引，協定s for 輸入する of fertilisers and raw 構成要素.
"We want to 調印する as many long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 取引，協定s as we can," Mandaviya said. "Our 目的（とする） is to 削減（する） the 役割 of 調停者 and 仲買人s and go for 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 購入（する）s only if they give us a price advantage."
Indian companies could 調印する 3- to 5-year 取引，協定s to 毎年 輸入する 2 million tonnes of phosphatic fertilisers during a visit the 大臣 計画（する）s next month to Saudi Arabia.
Some 会社／堅いs have already 調印するd 5-year 取引，協定s this year with companies in Jordan and イスラエル for higher 容積／容量s of fertiliser and raw 構成要素s.
India has also 調印するd a three-year を取り引きする Russia's Phosagro for 500,000 tonnes of DAP and 新たにするd one of 類似の duration with Oman's Omifco for a million tonnes of urea a year. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Nidhi Verma and Rajendra Jadhav; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
