Highlights: The Draft Nairobi Declaration on Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit outlines commitments to enhance agricultural productivity, soil health, and sustainability across Africa. Key...
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Malawi has been at the center of the debate on agricultural input subsidies in Africa ever since it significantly expanded its fertilizer subsidy program about two decades...
In many countries in Southern and Eastern Africa, input subsidy programmes are common, often focussing on inorganic fertiliser. These programmes often do not achieve...
Since their independence, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have used input subsidies to increase agricultural productivity and improve food security. We analyse the effects of both...
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The 4 priority areas of the draft ten-year Action Plan for Fertilizers and Soil Health in Africa are:
1. Strengthening sectoral policies and the policy and regulatory...
The European Commission has approved an approximately €1 billion Polish scheme to support the liquidity of agricultural producers in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine.
An analysis of more than 1,500 field observations has identified a collection of agricultural practices that can improve the use of nitrogen fertilizers - boosting crop yields while...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has disrupted global wheat, corn, and other markets. Given relatively low global stocks for major staple foodstuffs, many analysts...
Input subsidy programs, through which farmers receive fertilizer (and in some cases seed) at below-market prices, were popular in many African countries in the post-independence...
Sustainable food systems are needed to ensure appropriate food production and reduce losses and waste, while also safeguarding human and environmental health, political stability...