At least 400 experts and other stakeholders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will gather in Abuja between Wednesday and Friday this week (May 18-20) to brainstorm on ways to harmonise harmonize fertilizer policy among its member states.
Increased fertilizer use has become a cornerstone of Africa’s agricultural productivity agenda but fertilizer consumption levels in West Africa are generally below 10 kg/ha compared with a world average of 107 kg/ha.