Understanding Fertilizers and Soil Fertility
Soil Fertility is the most limiting factor to economic crop yields in many regions across the Equatorial belt and Sub-Saharan Africa. The expense of purchasing fertilizers is several times higher than in other regions of the world. For example, it might cost a smallholder of land 100 km from a port more to transport fertilizer from the port than it cost to ship it thousands of miles across the ocean. However, the dilemma still exists, and as food and other [...]
