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Browsing: African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP)
- African nations commit to creating a soil health fund to support research, innovation, and capacity building on fertiliser usage.
- AfDB agrees to mobilise financing to ease fertilizer availability, de-risk farmer investments, and support policy reforms across the continent.
- In Nairobi, governments commit to formulating policies that will serve to create a conducive environment for fertilizer and soil health interventions.
Africa fertilizer supply is a multi-billion dollar industry that at the moment, is tapped by Western countries, particularly and ironically, Russia and Ukraine. Just as hard lessons were learnt in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, so was the need to invest in fertilizer production and distribution brought to light in the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
The war led to a severe shortage of fertilizers in Africa and now, in an effort to mitigate the challenge African Heads of State have committed to support the full operationalization of the …
- EU insists it has not put sanctions on food and fertilizers from Russia
- Malawi receives the first consignment of 20,000 tonnes of Russian fertilizers
- The EU, UN might consider releasing more fertilizers and food embargoed at European ports to Africa
The EU insists that food and fertilizer are not part of the sanctions it has imposed on Russia due to the ongoing conflict with Ukraine, yet the global supply of much-needed fertilizer is in short supply which begs the question; is Russia hoarding fertiliser supplies?
While the EU says it is not to blame, Russia says it is the Western sanctions that are causing the decrease in fertilizer exports. It only makes sense that Russia would hold back fertilizers to increase its own domestic food production in the face of future uncertainties in the still very volatile situation.
The sanctions on other sectors of Russia’s economy are spiralling to the …
