Kari Niedfeldt-Thomas, Executive Director of the Mosaic Company Foundation, argues that increased understanding of the 17 essential elements needed for plant nutrition will help put small-scale farmers on an upward spiral of economic prosperity and food security which will ultimately feed the world by 2050.

 

International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

 

 

icole Mason, Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University,

 

 

 

Views about the role of fertilizer subsidies as a means of stimulating agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa have varied significantly over the past fifty years. Some governments and experts advocate that fertilizer subsidies are essential for achieving long-term food security, while others argue that subsidy schemes have had limited success, benefitting relatively few privileged producers while substantially distorting markets. 

 

In her AgTalk, Nicole Mason, Assistant Professor in the Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, explains how the $1 billion that African governments spend on fertilizer subsidies goes to rich farmers who don't need it.

 

Watch her talk here: https://youtu.be/oMf7-0TR6xA
 

Each AgTalk is recorded as part of a live event hosted by IFAD, and a new talk is released every two weeks. Subscribe to IFAD's YouTube channel to be notified about every new release.

 

AgTalks is an initiative of the Office of the Secretary of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), which is both an international financial institution and a specialized United Nations agency. It is a unique organization dedicated exclusively to investing in rural people.

 

 

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