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

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Valerie Kelly () (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
Thomas Reardon
David Yanggen
Anwar Naseem

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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.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Policy Syntheses with number 32.

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Handle: RePEc:msu:polbrf:032

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Keywords: food security; food policy; fertilizer use; sub-Saharan Africa;

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Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy

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  1. Reardon, Thomas & Kelly, Valerie & Yanggen, David & Crawford, Eric W., 1999. "Determinants Of Fertilizer Adoption By African Farmers: Policy Analysis Framework, Illustrative Evidence, And Implications," Staff Papers 11779, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  2. Crawford, Eric W. & Kelly, Valerie A., 2001. "Evaluating Measures To Improve Agricultural Input Use," Staff Papers 11686, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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