Fertilizer in Sub-Saharan Africa: Breaking the Vicious Cycle of High Prices and Low Demand

Valerie Auserehl Kelly (), Thomas Reardon, David Yanggen and Anwar Naseem

No 32, International Development Policy Syntheses from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: The research summarized here addresses two questions: Why is fertilizer not yet fulfilling its potential as a major stimulus to agricultural productivity in SSA? What can be done to improve the situation? Our answers are based on an extensive review of fertilizer- response, profitability, and policy literature as well as some analysis of crop budgets and aggregate national statistics on fertilizer consumption.

Keywords: food security; food policy; fertilizer use; sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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Working Paper: FERTILIZER IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: BREAKING THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF HIGH PRICES AND LOW DEMAND (1998)
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