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The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertilizer Policy Development
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
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| Author | Benson, Todd Lubega, Patrick Bayite-Kasule, Stephen Mogues, Tewodaj Nyachwo, Julian |
| Organization | IFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division |
| Spatial Coverage | Uganda [UG] |
| Description | Inorganic fertilizer is one of a handful of agricultural technologies that has immense potential for raising the productivity of poor smallholder farmers, enabling them to increase income, accumulate assets, and set themselves economically on a pathway out of poverty. The very low prevalence of fertilizer use by Ugandan farmers—well below 5 percent—is evidence that farmers find it difficult to access fertilizers for their crops at a price that will allow them to obtain sufficient and reliable returns from their investment in fertilizer. |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/98d9d5f9-dd2e-49e2-bff5-68bb2c88d397 |
| File Format | |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| Publisher Date | 2012-01-01 |
| Publisher Place | Washington, DC |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Fertilizers Farm Inputs Policies Smallholders Inorganic Fertilizers Policy Innovation Markets |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |
