Fertilizer Bulk Blending: Harmonized Guidelines of Good Practices for Quality Control across West Africa
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2022
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Quality fertilizer blends lead to increased agricultural productivity, happy customers, increased businesses, and the country's general prosperity. This training material teaches how to set up blending operations, operate a blending facility, and keep records. Compound fertilizers and straight fertilizers are defined and differentiated. Different plant nutrients are also stated. The quality of blends is determined by the quality of the raw materials, the quality of the blending process, and environmental factors. A common challenge with fertilizer blends is underweight bags; the quality of the same bulk formulae varies in countries, inadequate nutrient addition during blending, the physical characteristics of fertilizer raw materials, and contaminated blended products are minimal.
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Fertilizers