{"id":12987,"date":"2022-11-30T21:37:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T21:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ruralwomen\/?p=12987"},"modified":"2022-11-30T23:27:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T23:27:21","slug":"cop27-and-the-great-fertiliser-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/ruralwomen\/cop27-and-the-great-fertiliser-dilemma\/","title":{"rendered":"COP27 and the great fertiliser dilemma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tiwonge Ng’ona Kampondeni<\/em>, reports from COP27 on an issue affecting farmers globally<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest concerns facing farmers in Malawi and around the world remains the rising cost of fertilisers worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chemical fertilisers have been heavily used for decades worldwide to increase crop production and improve soil, but in the past couple of years their cost has risen steeply \u2013 putting economic strain on farmers\u2019 and public budgets and prompting panic about a global food crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several so-called \u2018Global South\u2019 countries have found themselves paying up to three times more for fertilisers this year than in 2020, including Malawi, Ethiopia and Pakistan, despite some of the world\u2019s largest fertiliser companies reporting record profits. According to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), nine of the world\u2019s largest fertiliser companies were expected to make US$ 57 billion in profit this year, which is four times their profits in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s not just the cost of fertiliser that\u2019s prompting concerns. As Africa and the rest of the world experience increasingly unreliable and extreme weather patterns caused by climate change, concern continues to mount about the damage fertiliser production continues to cause the planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to African Fertiliser and Agribusiness Partnership the average fertilizer consumption in Sub-Sahara Africa is estimated at 17kg of nutrients per hectare of cropland (Agra 2018), which is nearly double the baseline of 8\u20139 kg\/ha of 2006, but the world average fertilizer consumption is at 135kg\/Ha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chemical fertilisers are one of the top climate polluting industrial chemicals and a major driver of the climate crisis. Synthetic fertiliser production pollutes our air and water systems and is responsible for an estimated 2.4 per cent of global carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many environmental campaigners, COP27 presented an opportunity for world leaders to address an over-reliance on synthetic fertilisers that has led to a depletion of soil and natural resources and increased dependence on foreign supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IATP and Greenpeace are among a host of organisations calling for support for alternative technologies to decrease farmers\u2019 reliance on expensive and environmentally damaging fertilisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At COP27, community leaders, government, philanthropic, youth and academic partners gathered to discuss ways to make food and agriculture systems more resilient, sustainable and green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malawi\u2019s President Dr Lazarous Chakwera called for consented efforts to come up with fertilisers that are environmental friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat needs to happen in the long run is actually for us to be able to have fertilisers that are okay for the soils of Malawi and that means having some of these industries right there in the country (Malawi),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The African Network of Agricultural Policy Research Institutes (ANAPRI) has observed low fertiliser availability within the continent, Africa is increasingly spending too much on food imports \u2013 approximately US$56 billion every year \u2013 while the soils continue to be degraded due to unsustainable soil management practices. This causes nutrient mining, increased soil degradation, and reduces carbon stocks and resilience to climate change and shocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anapri Technical Chair Antony Chapoto announced at CoP27 that Senegal will next year host the Fertiliser and Soil Health summit under Africa Union. The summit outcomes are expected to feed into a 10-year action plan that addresses fertiliser and soil health challenges.

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