SOIL FERTILITY & FERTILIZER SYSTEMS

We seek to up-scale the use of fertilizers to transform agriculture in the region. In addition, NewCity Royals Consultants (NCRC) moves to disseminate the Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies (ISFM) for smallholder farmers’ resilience and healthy soils for healthy food systems. Despite the fact that organic fertilizers play an important role in raising soil fertility, it is important to note that supply of livestock manure is insufficient to make up the deficit to support soil fertility. Under normal circumstances, a cow produces approximately 15 kg of nitrogen in manure each year, while a maize crop with a target yield of 3 MT/ha requires approximately 100 kg of N/ha. It is therefore not possible to expect Africa to produce the food it needs by relying solely on organic manure.