Despite many efforts to ease Nigerian farmers' access to quality and affordable fertilizer, it remains a key challenge for Nigerian agricultural policymakers As a result, the Nigerian government is experimenting with implementing a fertilizer
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Nigeria's economic performance since 2002 has improved, with growth averaging about 7.3 percent during 2002-07 (Global insight 2008).
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A review of fertilizer policy issues in Nigeria
Low fertilizer use is one of the many reasons for low agricultural productivity in Nigeria.
Around the world, it is recognized in agricultural production and processing that energy (farm power) is perhaps the second most important input besides land).
The majority of Nigeria's smallholder farmers are often too poor to employ modern tools, such as tractors and plows, even with substantial government support.
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Constraints to fertilizer use in Nigeria
The importance of agriculture in Nigeria's economy cannot be understated. Farming and livestock rearing is the main livelihood for over 70 percent of households in the country.
Small-scale private irrigation schemes (SPRI) have been the major driving force behind the expansion of irrigated areas in Nigeria, despite government efforts to promote large scale public irrigation schemes.
Agriculture is the principal source of food and livelihood in Nigeria, and employs nearly three-quarters of the nation's work force. Over the past two decades, agricultural yields have stayed the same or declined.