Is Increasing Inorganic Fertilizer Use in Sub-Saharan Africa a Profitable Proposition?
Evidence from Nigeria
The paper finds evidence that strategies to reduce transportation costs are likely to have a much larger effect on the profitability of fertilizer use than fertilizer subsidies. Apart from reduced transportation costs, other constraints such as timely access to the product; availability of complementary inputs such as improved seeds, irrigation, and credit; as well as good management practices are also necessary for sustained agricultural productivity improvements.
Volume: 1
Publisher: World Bank
Author: Lenis Saweda Liverpool-Tasie
Other authors: Bolarin Omonona, Awa Sanou, and Wale Ogunleye
Organization: World Bank
Year: 2015
Country/ies: Nigeria
Geographical coverage: Africa
Type: Policy brief/paper
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Content language: English