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Improving fertilizer supply A farmer in Mozambique’s Xai-Xai region, Fernanda grows maize, beans and vegetables. She produces enough to sustain her family of 5, but would like to grow surplus production to sell at the local market. Fernanda has heard from other women at her village that if she uses fertilizer she can sig-

she hears that this agricultural input is very expensive. Therefore, Fernanda has decided not to use fertilizer this season.

1 No world region has been able to boost agricultural growth and tackle hunger without increasing the use

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in the future through the ongoing depletion of soil nutrients.3

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infrastructure.4

Agribusiness Indicators

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What improving fertilizer supply data focus on

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1. Domestic production and blending of fertilizer.

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2. Regulatory framework for fertilizer. These -

existence of national and supranational laws and regulations.

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The data set also highlights supranation-

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Subsidies, taxes and tariffs on fertiliz-er.

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Quality control of fertilizer. These data -

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7. Fertilizer use and soil health. These data

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countries.

What the initial pilot results show

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Four of the 10 pilot countries produce fer-

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neither production nor blending facilities. All 10

Regional harmonization leads to easier registration of fertilizer

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FIGURE 6.1: Fertilizer laws by country

Countries that have a unified lawregulating chemical fertilizers

Countries that do not have a lawregulating chemical fertilizers

Countries that have a supranationalfertilizer law in addition to the

national fertilizer law

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Morocco

Guatemala Spain

Ethiopia Guatemala

Philippines Rwanda

Mozambique Nepal

Uganda Ukraine

Source: Enabling the Business of Agriculture database.


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FIGURE 6.3:

Registration issubject toa specific

time period

Registrationreguired to legally

commercializefertilizer

No registrationreguired

3 years

10 years

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Ethiopia Guatemala

Rwanda Spain

Mozambique Nepal

Uganda Ukraine

Morocco

Philippines

Nepal Philippines Uganda

Guatemala Spain Ukraine

No specific time

5 years

Rwanda

Mozambique


FIGURE 6.2: Fertilizer production and blending by country

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Morocco Philippines Spain Ukraine Fertilizer producing countries

Countries that mix/blend fertilizerdomestically

Guatemala Morocco Philippines

Spain

Mozambique

Ukraine



-position is and when the registration expires.

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(SADC).

Public sector is often involved in the procurement of fertilizer

So it is no

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Fertilizer prices are the highest in African pilot countries


BOX 6.1: Harmonizing fertilizer registration and trade for lower cost and greater choice

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MAP B6.1.1: Regional organizations with pilot countries as members

CACU+P

EU

CIS

SADC

EAC

ASEAN

Source:


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Programs to promote fertilizer use are becoming increasingly targeted

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Quality controls are common, but not always effective

Countries use both labeling and inspections

include the results that can be expected when

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a technical data sheet.

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FIGURE 6.4: Average fertilizer use rates by country

Ethiopia Guatemala PhilippinesUkraineMozambique MoroccoNepal SpainUganda

Kilo

gram

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r hec

tare

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120

140

160

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150150

131

78

40

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with 3 functional laboratories and a population

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of the countries.

Next steps

This chapter presented the initial pilot results for

health. The results presented were selected

focus areas will be narrowed down during the


be considered. Further research that would be

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BOX 6.2: Extending reach through a mobile soil lab in Uganda

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Source:


Notes

3 World Bank 2013b.

would not otherwise use purchased inputs (or to the

12 Minde et al. 2008.

annex 1.

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