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    ACITIVITY REPORT 2022: NIGER
    (2023) IFDC
    Niger, an underdeveloped, landlocked country with a predominantly rural population, faces significant agricultural challenges. Agriculture accounts for a substantial portion of its GDP, yet it struggles to meet the food needs of its growing population. The country's low soil fertility, limited fertilizer use, and drought-prone environment further compound these challenges. This report discusses the efforts to address these issues, particularly the reform of the fertilizer sector. It outlines various projects and programs, including PARSEN, ISSD-SAHEL, 2SCALE, and RRVCDP, which aim to enhance agricultural productivity, improve the seed sector, and promote sustainable agricultural practices. The report highlights the positive impact of targeted fertilizer subsidies on agricultural production, food security, and poverty reduction, underscoring the importance of public-private partnerships in achieving these goals.
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    ACTIVITIES REPORT 2022: GHANA
    (2022) IFDC
    This material provides an overview of the Republic of Ghana, focusing on its geographical location, agricultural sector, farming systems, and soil characteristics. It also highlights the challenges faced by Ghana's agriculture, including low soil productivity and constraints such as land degradation, pests, diseases, and climate change. The document emphasizes the importance of fertilizer use and improved seed varieties in increasing productivity. It mentions the initiatives the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) took in mapping appropriate fertilizer recommendations for different agroecological zones in West Africa, including Ghana. It further discusses Ghana's fertilizer use and consumption trends, including affordability issues farmers face due to inflation and currency depreciation. It mentions the past interventions of IFDC in Ghana, such as the Agriculture Technology Transfer project, GhanaVeg Project, and West Africa Fertilizer Program. The material also introduces IFDC's current interventions in Ghana, including the 2SCALE, Africafertilizer, EnGRAIS, and FERARI programs. These aim to promote sustainable agribusiness, improve access to agricultural inputs, and develop fertilizer markets. It highlights the alignment of IFDC's approaches with Ghana's agricultural policies and presents the main activities and results achieved by IFDC in Ghana in 2022, mainly through the 2SCALE program.
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    ACTIVITIES REPORT 2022: NIGERIA
    (2022) IFDC
    Nigeria faces numerous challenges in its agricultural sector, including poor land tenure, low irrigation farming, climate change, and limited market access. These challenges hinder agricultural productivity and contribute to declining food sufficiency levels despite the sector's significant contribution to the economy. With a rapidly growing population, enhancing agriculture productivity by adopting new technologies and innovations is crucial to ensure food and nutrition security. The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) has worked in Nigeria for nearly two decades, empowering smallholder farmers and implementing various projects and programs. These initiatives include the Developing Agri Inputs Market in Nigeria (DAIMINA) program, Nigeria Fertilizer Voucher Program, West Africa Fertilizer Program (WAFP), and the 2SCALE program. IFDC's interventions focus on sustainable agricultural practices, eco-efficient technologies, digital tools, and market systems to improve crop and animal productivity, food security, and food quality and safety standards. This report provides an overview of IFDC's interventions in Nigeria during 2021-2022, highlighting the alignment of activities with the Government Action Plan and the significant results achieved. It showcases projects such as HortiNigeria, which aims to develop a sustainable and inclusive horticulture sector, and EnGRAIS, which promotes the availability and use of affordable fertilizers for smallholder farmers. The report also outlines IFDC's involvement in initiatives like TRIMING, RRA, and AfricaFertilizer, each contributing to agricultural development and resilience. Furthermore, the report emphasizes the alignment of IFDC's projects with Nigeria's agricultural policy, as demonstrated by the National Agricultural Technology and Innovation Policy (NATIP). This policy seeks to transform the agri-food system, incorporate technology and innovation, and drive economic and social change through public and private sector investments in agriculture and rural development. IFDC's interventions in Nigeria have been instrumental in empowering smallholder farmers, improving agricultural productivity, and fostering food and nutrition security. By implementing innovative technologies, market systems approaches, and sustainable practices, IFDC has made significant contributions to Nigeria's agricultural sector, aligning with the country's agricultural policy and promoting long-lasting economic and social change.
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    ACTIVITIES REPORT 2022: SOUTH SUDAN
    (IFDC, 2022) IFDC
    This report provides an overview of the International Fertilizer Development Center's (IFDC) initiatives to promote rural development and agricultural productivity in South Sudan, a developing country. The report focuses on projects and programs implemented between 2011 and 2023, including the A3-SEED, 2SCALE, and RASS programs. IFDC's mission is to combine innovative research, agricultural market expertise, and strategic public-private partnerships to develop sustainable technologies for managing soil fertility and increasing agricultural productivity. The objectives of the projects and programs implemented in South Sudan encompass various aspects of agricultural development, including establishing a well-structured seed sector, developing agricultural chains and market systems, and adopting climate-smart agriculture technologies. These initiatives aim to improve access to information on agricultural inputs, establish business linkages among stakeholders, reduce input procurement costs, increase the use of inputs, improve food security, and accelerate economic growth. The report highlights the results achieved through IFDC's interventions in South Sudan. These include identifying and training agro-dealers to provide better advice to customers, establishing demonstration trials to showcase the benefits of hybrid varieties and fertilizers, and distributing subsidized vouchers for farmers to purchase inputs. Scaling up these initiatives is also planned to reach more farmers and establish additional demonstration plots. Furthermore, the report introduces two ongoing programs: Triple A SEED and RASS. Triple A SEED, funded by the Netherlands Embassy, aims to enhance agriculture and agribusiness by supporting private-sector seed companies and improving seed production, marketing, and distribution. RASS, implemented in partnership with DAI and CARE and funded by USAID, focuses on improving food security, community resilience, and household recovery by integrating development activities with humanitarian efforts. The report emphasizes the importance of collaboration with government entities at the national, state, and county levels to align IFDC's projects with the country's agricultural policies and leverage government capacity. Efforts have been made to strengthen seed testing laboratories, develop seed quality and regulation strategies, and align with national policies and frameworks.