The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertilizer Policy Development
Inorganic fertilizer is one of a handful of agricultural technologies that has immense potential for raising the productivity of poor smallholder farmers, enabling them to increase income, accumulate assets, and set themselves economically on a pathway out of poverty. The very low prevalence of fert...
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| author | Benson, Todd Lubega, Patrick Bayite-Kasule, Stephen Mogues, Tewodaj Nyachwo, Julian |
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| description | Inorganic fertilizer is one of a handful of agricultural technologies that has immense potential for raising the productivity of poor smallholder farmers, enabling them to increase income, accumulate assets, and set themselves economically on a pathway out of poverty. The very low prevalence of fertilizer use by Ugandan farmers—well below 5 percent—is evidence that farmers find it difficult to access fertilizers for their crops at a price that will allow them to obtain sufficient and reliable returns from their investment in fertilizer. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1540702025-11-06T06:51:12Z The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertilizer Policy Development Benson, Todd Lubega, Patrick Bayite-Kasule, Stephen Mogues, Tewodaj Nyachwo, Julian fertilizers farm inputs policies smallholders inorganic fertilizers policy innovation markets Inorganic fertilizer is one of a handful of agricultural technologies that has immense potential for raising the productivity of poor smallholder farmers, enabling them to increase income, accumulate assets, and set themselves economically on a pathway out of poverty. The very low prevalence of fertilizer use by Ugandan farmers—well below 5 percent—is evidence that farmers find it difficult to access fertilizers for their crops at a price that will allow them to obtain sufficient and reliable returns from their investment in fertilizer. 2012 2024-10-01T13:59:18Z 2024-10-01T13:59:18Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154070 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Benson, Todd; Lubega, Patrick; Bayite-Kasule, Stephen; Mogues, Tewodaj; Nyachwo, Julian. 2012. The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertilizer Policy Development. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1228. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154070 |
| spellingShingle | fertilizers farm inputs policies smallholders inorganic fertilizers policy innovation markets Benson, Todd Lubega, Patrick Bayite-Kasule, Stephen Mogues, Tewodaj Nyachwo, Julian The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertilizer Policy Development |
| title | The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertilizer Policy Development |
| title_full | The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertilizer Policy Development |
| title_fullStr | The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertilizer Policy Development |
| title_full_unstemmed | The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertilizer Policy Development |
| title_short | The supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in Uganda: Evidence for Fertilizer Policy Development |
| title_sort | supply of inorganic fertilizers to smallholder farmers in uganda evidence for fertilizer policy development |
| topic | fertilizers farm inputs policies smallholders inorganic fertilizers policy innovation markets |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154070 |
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