Africa’s Growing Soil Fertility Crisis : What Role For Fertilizer?

Reversing Africa's decades-long decline in soil productivity levels poses a major challenge, and one that cannot be addressed without increased use of appropriate fertilizer nutrients. The 2006 World Bank Africa Fertilizer Strategy Assessment...

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Main Authors:	Agwe, Jonathan, Morris, Michael, Fernabdes, Erick
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE COLLATERALS COMMERCIAL CROPS COMMERCIAL LOANS CONSUMERS CROP CROP INSURANCE CROP PRODUCTION CROP RESEARCH CROP RESIDUES CROP YIELDS CROPPING CULTIVATED LAND DROUGHT ENTRY POINTS EXTENSION FAO FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FEED FERTILIZER FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS FERTILIZER DEVELOPMENT FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTION FERTILIZER NUTRIENTS FERTILIZER PRICES FERTILIZER PRODUCERS FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FERTILIZER USE FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FINANCIAL TOOLS FOOD PRODUCTION GREEN MANURES GREEN REVOLUTION HUNGER INCOMES INORGANIC FERTILIZERS INVESTING INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LIVESTOCK LOAN MARKETING MATCHING GRANTS NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN ORGANIC FERTILIZERS PLANT NUTRITION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS PROFITABILITY PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RAW MATERIALS RECYCLING RISK FACTORS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALES SEEDS SOIL FERTILITY SOIL RESOURCES SOILS STAKEHOLDERS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TILLAGE TRANSPORT WATER CONSERVATION YIELDS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7998380/africas-growing-soil-fertility-crisis-role-fertilizer http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9573

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spelling	okr-10986-95732021-04-23T14:02:46Z Africa’s Growing Soil Fertility Crisis : What Role For Fertilizer? Agwe, Jonathan Morris, Michael Fernabdes, Erick ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE COLLATERALS COMMERCIAL CROPS COMMERCIAL LOANS CONSUMERS CROP CROP INSURANCE CROP PRODUCTION CROP RESEARCH CROP RESIDUES CROP YIELDS CROPPING CULTIVATED LAND DROUGHT ENTRY POINTS EXTENSION FAO FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FEED FERTILIZER FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS FERTILIZER DEVELOPMENT FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTION FERTILIZER NUTRIENTS FERTILIZER PRICES FERTILIZER PRODUCERS FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FERTILIZER USE FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FINANCIAL TOOLS FOOD PRODUCTION GREEN MANURES GREEN REVOLUTION HUNGER INCOMES INORGANIC FERTILIZERS INVESTING INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LIVESTOCK LOAN MARKETING MATCHING GRANTS NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN ORGANIC FERTILIZERS PLANT NUTRITION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS PROFITABILITY PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RAW MATERIALS RECYCLING RISK FACTORS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALES SEEDS SOIL FERTILITY SOIL RESOURCES SOILS STAKEHOLDERS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TILLAGE TRANSPORT WATER CONSERVATION YIELDS Reversing Africa's decades-long decline in soil productivity levels poses a major challenge, and one that cannot be addressed without increased use of appropriate fertilizer nutrients. The 2006 World Bank Africa Fertilizer Strategy Assessment was undertaken to inform policy makers, providing them with guidelines on measures to effectively raise fertilizer use. This Note draws upon the material prepared for the above fertilizer strategy assessment, summarizes the information on the approaches to enhancing fertilizer supply and use in Africa, and identifies some future steps. 2012-08-13T08:59:46Z 2012-08-13T08:59:46Z 2007-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7998380/africas-growing-soil-fertility-crisis-role-fertilizer http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9573 English Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 21 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa
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topic	ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE COLLATERALS COMMERCIAL CROPS COMMERCIAL LOANS CONSUMERS CROP CROP INSURANCE CROP PRODUCTION CROP RESEARCH CROP RESIDUES CROP YIELDS CROPPING CULTIVATED LAND DROUGHT ENTRY POINTS EXTENSION FAO FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FEED FERTILIZER FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS FERTILIZER DEVELOPMENT FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTION FERTILIZER NUTRIENTS FERTILIZER PRICES FERTILIZER PRODUCERS FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FERTILIZER USE FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FINANCIAL TOOLS FOOD PRODUCTION GREEN MANURES GREEN REVOLUTION HUNGER INCOMES INORGANIC FERTILIZERS INVESTING INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LIVESTOCK LOAN MARKETING MATCHING GRANTS NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN ORGANIC FERTILIZERS PLANT NUTRITION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS PROFITABILITY PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RAW MATERIALS RECYCLING RISK FACTORS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALES SEEDS SOIL FERTILITY SOIL RESOURCES SOILS STAKEHOLDERS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TILLAGE TRANSPORT WATER CONSERVATION YIELDS
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE COLLATERALS COMMERCIAL CROPS COMMERCIAL LOANS CONSUMERS CROP CROP INSURANCE CROP PRODUCTION CROP RESEARCH CROP RESIDUES CROP YIELDS CROPPING CULTIVATED LAND DROUGHT ENTRY POINTS EXTENSION FAO FARM FARMER FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FEED FERTILIZER FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS FERTILIZER DEVELOPMENT FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTION FERTILIZER NUTRIENTS FERTILIZER PRICES FERTILIZER PRODUCERS FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FERTILIZER USE FINANCIAL SERVICE FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS FINANCIAL TOOLS FOOD PRODUCTION GREEN MANURES GREEN REVOLUTION HUNGER INCOMES INORGANIC FERTILIZERS INVESTING INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LATIN AMERICAN LAWS LIVESTOCK LOAN MARKETING MATCHING GRANTS NATURAL RESOURCES NITROGEN ORGANIC FERTILIZERS PLANT NUTRITION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS PROFITABILITY PUBLIC AGENCIES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RAW MATERIALS RECYCLING RISK FACTORS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALES SEEDS SOIL FERTILITY SOIL RESOURCES SOILS STAKEHOLDERS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TILLAGE TRANSPORT WATER CONSERVATION YIELDS Agwe, Jonathan Morris, Michael Fernabdes, Erick Africa’s Growing Soil Fertility Crisis : What Role For Fertilizer?
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description	Reversing Africa's decades-long decline in soil productivity levels poses a major challenge, and one that cannot be addressed without increased use of appropriate fertilizer nutrients. The 2006 World Bank Africa Fertilizer Strategy Assessment was undertaken to inform policy makers, providing them with guidelines on measures to effectively raise fertilizer use. This Note draws upon the material prepared for the above fertilizer strategy assessment, summarizes the information on the approaches to enhancing fertilizer supply and use in Africa, and identifies some future steps.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Agwe, Jonathan Morris, Michael Fernabdes, Erick
author_facet	Agwe, Jonathan Morris, Michael Fernabdes, Erick
author_sort	Agwe, Jonathan
title	Africa’s Growing Soil Fertility Crisis : What Role For Fertilizer?
title_short	Africa’s Growing Soil Fertility Crisis : What Role For Fertilizer?
title_full	Africa’s Growing Soil Fertility Crisis : What Role For Fertilizer?
title_fullStr	Africa’s Growing Soil Fertility Crisis : What Role For Fertilizer?
title_full_unstemmed	Africa’s Growing Soil Fertility Crisis : What Role For Fertilizer?
title_sort	africa’s growing soil fertility crisis : what role for fertilizer?
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7998380/africas-growing-soil-fertility-crisis-role-fertilizer http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9573
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Africa’s Growing Soil Fertility Crisis : What Role For Fertilizer?

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