Fertilizing New Grounds for Nigeria's Food Security

Nigeria is a leading importer of fertilizer from Russia and Ukraine, but the ongoing conflict has had a devastating effect on food security - without affordable fertilizer, farmers see declining yields, and food prices are escalated. Fertilizer is an essential tool for these farmers, to achieve increased yield.
The USAID-funded West Africa Trade & Investment Hub through its trade and investment facilitation activity, awarded a $1.4 million co-investment grant to support OCP Africa to install its modern blending equipment within its fertilizer blending plant facility in Kaduna State, Nigeria. This plant is producing fertilizer blends customized to the needs of rice, maize, soybean, cassava, tomato, and other staple crops grown in Nigeria.