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Macro and fertilizer subsector level data collection and analysis: Government
and Non-Governmental responses

Data were collected at the macrolevel by tracking policy subsector were analyzed to document impacts on
responses by governments to COVID-19. The data were operations at the port, domestic transport, borders and
collected by reviewing published and unpublished transit times, farmers’ access and availability of fertilizers,
documents, reports and papers and by interviewing and retail prices. The and making available actionable
government officials, representatives of fertilizer firms, insights to public and private decision makers to inform
industry trade associations, and farmer organizations and decision making on fertilizer policy and regulatory
key informants. interventions to mitigate the negative effects of the
pandemic in the short, medium and long run.
The policy responses by governments and interventions
by nongovernment organizations related to the fertilizer

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