Cif |
Cost, insurance and freight |
CSIR |
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |
CRIG |
Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana |
CV |
Coefficient of variation |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GPRS |
Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy |
IFDC |
International Fertilizer Development Centre |
ISSER |
Institute of Social and Economic Research |
MOFA |
Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
RP |
Rock phosphate |
SE |
Standard error |
SRI |
Soil Research Institute |
VCR |
Value Cost Ratio |
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Fertilizers |
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AN |
Ammonium nitrate |
AS |
Ammonium sulphate |
KNO3 |
Potassium nitrate |
MOP |
Muriate of potash |
SSP |
Single superphosphate |
TSP |
Triple superphosphate |
NPK |
Compound fertilizer containing N, P2O5 and K2O |
NP |
Compound fertilizer containing N and P2O5 |
PK |
Compound fertilizer containing P2O5 and K2O |
N: Nitrogen
P2O5 or P:
Phosphate*
K2O or K: Potash*
* Phosphate and potash may be expressed as their elemental forms P and K or as their oxide forms P2O5 and K2O. Nitrogen is expressed as N. In this study, phosphate and potash are expressed in their oxide forms.