Impact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio-fertilizer (eg PGPR) technologies: a case study of sub-Saharan Africa
Recently, there has been a lot of interest to promote bio-fertilizers for eco-efficient intensification of agricultural systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Bio-fertilizers are considered cost-effective and environmentally-friendly. In SSA, bio-fertilizers have not been sufficiently evaluated for qu...
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| author | Masso, C. Jefwa, J.M. Jemo, M. Thuita, Moses N. Tarus, D. Vanlauwe, Bernard |
| author_browse | Jefwa, J.M. Jemo, M. Masso, C. Tarus, D. Thuita, Moses N. Vanlauwe, Bernard |
| author_facet | Masso, C. Jefwa, J.M. Jemo, M. Thuita, Moses N. Tarus, D. Vanlauwe, Bernard |
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| description | Recently, there has been a lot of interest to promote bio-fertilizers for eco-efficient intensification of agricultural systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Bio-fertilizers are considered cost-effective and environmentally-friendly. In SSA, bio-fertilizers have not been sufficiently evaluated for quality and efficacy because of weak or absence of regulatory frameworks. Consequently, a proliferation of low quality and inefficacious bio-fertilizer products has been reported. Based on a stepwise assessment of 66 bio-fertilizer products found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria in 2009-2011, in more than 90% of cases, product composition didn’t match indications on the product labels or label claims related to product benefits were not supported by our research results. A few products were however found very promising; for instance, Legumefix (a rhizobial inoculant for soybean) showed a benefit cost analysis > 2.5. There was an obvious need of discriminating high quality products from poor ones. A five year study (i.e. 2012-2017) has started aiming at addressing that gap and scaling-up the best promising bio-fertilizer products. One of the key outcomes of the new project is therefore the institutionalization of quality control and efficacy testing of bio-fertilizer products to virtually eliminate the proliferation of poor-quality and inefficacious ones. That will increase the confidence of smallholder farmers, with high risk aversion, in the bio-fertilizer technologies. Adoption of bio-fertilizers by the resource-poor smallholder farmers in SSA, the majority of the population, will certainly result in improved crop yields, food security, and consequently better livelihood. |
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| spelling | CGSpace804402023-02-15T06:36:02Z Impact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio-fertilizer (eg PGPR) technologies: a case study of sub-Saharan Africa Masso, C. Jefwa, J.M. Jemo, M. Thuita, Moses N. Tarus, D. Vanlauwe, Bernard food security soil fertility bio-fertilizer adoption pgpr regulatory framework Recently, there has been a lot of interest to promote bio-fertilizers for eco-efficient intensification of agricultural systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Bio-fertilizers are considered cost-effective and environmentally-friendly. In SSA, bio-fertilizers have not been sufficiently evaluated for quality and efficacy because of weak or absence of regulatory frameworks. Consequently, a proliferation of low quality and inefficacious bio-fertilizer products has been reported. Based on a stepwise assessment of 66 bio-fertilizer products found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria in 2009-2011, in more than 90% of cases, product composition didn’t match indications on the product labels or label claims related to product benefits were not supported by our research results. A few products were however found very promising; for instance, Legumefix (a rhizobial inoculant for soybean) showed a benefit cost analysis > 2.5. There was an obvious need of discriminating high quality products from poor ones. A five year study (i.e. 2012-2017) has started aiming at addressing that gap and scaling-up the best promising bio-fertilizer products. One of the key outcomes of the new project is therefore the institutionalization of quality control and efficacy testing of bio-fertilizer products to virtually eliminate the proliferation of poor-quality and inefficacious ones. That will increase the confidence of smallholder farmers, with high risk aversion, in the bio-fertilizer technologies. Adoption of bio-fertilizers by the resource-poor smallholder farmers in SSA, the majority of the population, will certainly result in improved crop yields, food security, and consequently better livelihood. 2013 2017-03-21T13:07:49Z 2017-03-21T13:07:49Z Conference Proceedings https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80440 en Limited Access Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture Masso, C., Jefwa, J.M., Jemo, M., Thuita, M., Tarus, D. & Vanlauwe, B. (2013). Impact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio-fertilizer (eg PGPR) technologies: a case study of sub-Saharan Africa. In: Proceedings of 3rd Asian Conference on Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and other Microbials, Recent advances in biofertilizers and biofungicides (PGPR) for sustainable agriculture (pp. 276-286). 21-24 April, Manila, Philippines: Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture. |
| spellingShingle | food security soil fertility bio-fertilizer adoption pgpr regulatory framework Masso, C. Jefwa, J.M. Jemo, M. Thuita, Moses N. Tarus, D. Vanlauwe, Bernard Impact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio-fertilizer (eg PGPR) technologies: a case study of sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | Impact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio-fertilizer (eg PGPR) technologies: a case study of sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Impact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio-fertilizer (eg PGPR) technologies: a case study of sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Impact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio-fertilizer (eg PGPR) technologies: a case study of sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio-fertilizer (eg PGPR) technologies: a case study of sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Impact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio-fertilizer (eg PGPR) technologies: a case study of sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | impact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio fertilizer eg pgpr technologies a case study of sub saharan africa |
| topic | food security soil fertility bio-fertilizer adoption pgpr regulatory framework |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/80440 |
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