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Measuring COVID-19’s Impact
on the Fertilizer Sector in
Sub-Saharan Africa
A joint press release from The African Fertilizer
and Agribusiness Partnership, Development
Gateway, AfricaFertilizer.org, International Fertilizer
Development Center, and AFRIQOM.
In an effort to support food security, a new dashboard tracks
country-specific mitigation measures, from economic responses
to the availability of fertilizer stocks in 28 countries in sub-Saharan
Africa. This is a joint press release from The African Fertilizer and
Agribusiness Partnership, Development Gateway, AfricaFertilizer.
org, International Fertilizer Development Center, and AFRIQOM.
August 6th, 2020, Johannesburg – The COVID-19 Africa Fertilizer Watch Dashboard,
covering 28 countries across sub-Saharan Africa was launched yesterday August 5th
2020. This dashboard uses 11 indicators to track COVID-19 country-specific mitigation
measures on the delivery and use of fertilizers to identify impacts on productivity
and food security across the continent. The goal of this dashboard is to support
development partners’ and the private sector’s efficient and effective responses
to the evolving global health emergency, and ensure that sufficient quantities of
appropriate fertilizers reach farmers in time for planting.
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the lowest fertilizer usage in the world – insufficient
to replace soil nutrients lost every year to crop production. In addition, huge
demographic shifts in SSA could have major impacts on food security. Combined
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