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| Title | Constraints to fertilizer use in Nigeria |
| Subtitle | Insights from agricultural extension service |
| Author |
Banful, Afua Branoah Nkonya, Ephraim Oboh, Victor |
| ORCID | http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9348-6561 Nkonya, Ephraim |
| Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Fertilizer consumption rates in Nigeria remains among the lowest in the world despite decades of aggressive subsidization. The extension service in Nigeria has a double-edged impact on fertilizer use in the country; not only can their activities increase farmers' demand for fertilizer, but also the organizational framework of the service, Agricultural Development Programs, is the major source of fertilizer for farmers. To provide insights on the reasons for the low fertilizer use in Nigeria, this paper presents an analysis of the extension service as well as some perspectives of village extension agents. We find that the reach of the extension service is severely limited by low staff. The main technology transmitted is the use of improved seeds. Fertilizer technology is seldom transmitted and very rarely is irrigation taught. Furthermore, extension agents are found to have gaps in their knowledge of fertilizer technology. Extension agents routinely distribute agricultural inputs and many see their advisory role as secondary to this function. Extension agents identified the primary constraint to fertilizer use in Nigeria as the physical absence of the product at the time that it is needed, rather than lack of affordability or farmers' lack of knowledge about the benefits or the use of fertilizer. |
| Series Name | IFPRI Discussion Paper |
| Series Number | 1010 |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
| Place of publication | Washington, D.C. |
| Language | English |
| Record Type | Discussion paper |
| Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR | Non-PR |
| Subject - country location |
NIGERIA WEST AFRICA AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA AFRICA |
| Subject - keywords |
Extension Fertilizers subsidies Agricultural Growth and Technologies |
| IFPRI Descriptors |
IFPRI1 GRP32 Land Resource Management for Poverty Reduction |
| IFPRI Division | DSGD |
| Access Rights | Open Access |
| Related Documents | Brief http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15738coll2/id/25985/rec/1 |
| LOC call number | IFPRIDP01010 |
| Physical description | 28 pages |
| Times cited-- Google Scholar | http://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=14480681122846250606&as_sdt=20005&sciodt=0,9&hl=en |
| RePEc Downloads | https://ideas.repec.org/p/fpr/ifprid/1010.html |
| Requests | mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org |
| CONTENTdm file name | 3421.cpd |
| Date cataloged | 2017-11-18 |
| Date modified | 2017-11-18 |
| OCLC number | 861347727 |
| CONTENTdm number | 3420 |
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| Title | ifpridp01010 28 |
| Access Rights | Open Access |
| Requests | mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org |
| CONTENTdm file name | 3412.pdfpage |
| Date cataloged | 2011-06-16 |
| Date modified | 2011-06-16 |
| CONTENTdm number | 3411 |
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