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Time for sustainable use of fertiliser to feed Africa's rising population

Dennis Rangi. [File, Standard]

The dust has settled on the Africa Fertiliser and Soil Health Summit. What next for the sustainable and responsible use of fertiliser to help feed Africa's rapidly growing population?

The focus now shifts to the sustainable and responsible use of fertiliser to address the pressing challenge of feeding Africa's rapidly expanding population. At the summit in Nairobi in May, African heads of state signed the Nairobi Declaration, pledging to enhance fertiliser use in agriculture sustainably. Currently, over 485 million Africans - about 65 per cent of the population - are grappling with degraded cultivated land, exacerbating the difficulty of producing sufficient quality food.

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