The Africa Fertilizer Watch is to be launched in June 2022 in response to the ongoing global fertilizer crisis. Covering 16+ countries across sub-Saharan Africa, this dashboard tracks regional and country-specific impacts from the firm of global fertilizer prices, limited supplier inventory, and affordability at the farmer level. The watch provides a monitoring system to inform decisions on making fertilizer available at the right time for the application season in the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. All this is an effort to minimize the effects of an imminent food crisis in Africa. The goal of this dashboard is to support development partners and the private sector to respond efficiently and effectively as the global fertilizer crisis evolves, ensuring that sufficient quantities and appropriate fertilizers reach farmers in time for planting.
This dashboard is an add-on to the previous Covid-19 Dashboards, COVID-19 Fertilizer Watch. From IFDC and AFO from April 2020-December 2021, the previous bulletins can be found under Archive and at https://ifdc.org/tag/fertilizer-watch/.
Partners
Development Gateway (DG)
Development Gateway (DG) builds upon nearly two decades of technical expertise to develop tools, processes, and custom analyses to help partners achieve results. DG makes development data easier to gather, access, use, and understand. As an international nonprofit organization with nearly two decades of experience across more than 70 countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe, DG’s clients and partners are key players in the data and international development space. DG developed this portal and is the lead implementer of the four-year Visualizing Insights on Fertilizer for African Agriculture (VIFAA) program.
International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)
As an independent non-profit organization, the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) works throughout Africa and Asia to increase soil fertility and develop inclusive market systems. Combining science-backed innovations, an enabling policy environment, holistic market systems development, and strategic partnerships, the organization bridges the gap between identifying and scaling sustainable agricultural solutions, resulting in improved household food security and enriched family livelihoods around the world. Using an inclusive approach, IFDC employs locally driven solutions that are environmentally sound and impact-oriented that bring change at local, regional, and national levels. IFDC implements the USAID-funded Bureau for Resilience and Food Security Feed the Future project on Soil Fertility Technology Adoption, Policy Reform, and Knowledge Management (RFS-SFT). The project bridges the gap between scientific research and technology dissemination to smallholder farmers. RFS-SFT conducts research with partners from universities, national and international research and development institutions, and the private sector.
AfricaFertilizer
The AfricaFertilizer initiative is the premier source for fertilizer statistics and information in Africa. It is hosted by IFDC and supported by several partners, key among them being IFA, Argus Media, and Development Gateway via the VIFAA program. Since 2009, AFO has been collecting, processing, and publishing fertilizer production, trade, and consumption statistics for the main fertilizer markets in sub-Saharan Africa. AFO has an extensive network of fertilizer industry players in the main fertilizer trade corridors and maintains key information on the major producers, their production facilities and capacities, importers/suppliers, and various distribution channels.
The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP)
The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) is an independent non-profit organization founded in 2012 by a partnership of African development organizations. It was built on the work of the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program (CAADP), a framework for achieving ambitious agriculture development goals set in place by African nations and leaders. AFAP implements sustainable development projects and advises public, and private sector clients, NGOs, and donors on policies and market-driven business solutions in the agriculture inputs and agribusiness value chain. AFAP is a technical partner that conducts impact assessments of the pandemic on the Agrodealer business.
AFRIQOM
AFRIQOM is an independent privately held firm that provides market research, analytics, trading intelligence, and consultancy studies with a focus on African fertilizer markets. By doing so, and being the leaders in the continent, AFRIQOM brings transparency to an opaque market to help and contribute to Africa’s Green Revolution motion. AFRIQOM has recently launched AFRIQEVENTS program, in partnership with major associations, for conferences around the continent offering a novel platform to develop the fertilizer consumption rate in Africa.
We would also like to thank our many private and public sector partners for their vital input and support of the Africa Fertilizer Watch, including the African Union.
Disclaimer
The information presented here was current at publication time, but the authors and publishers hereby disclaim any liability to any partner for any loss, damage, or disruption caused by errors or omissions in the data. The contents are the responsibility of IFDC, AfricaFertilizer.org, and DG and do not necessarily reflect the views of Feed the Future or the United States Government.