Potash Corp cites problems with Africa "Speaker Notes on slide 31:
There are many challenges to moving fertilizer into the interior countries of Africa and this results in higher costs for farmers, compared to many other regions of the world. Port infrastructure in many African countries is underdeveloped, which constrains the type of vessels that are used and can result in many hours required to offload product. If the fertilizer is not shipped in bags, it must be bagged and loaded onto trucks for delivery to the interior.
The farmer’s cost of fertilizer can become quite high when the product moves a long distance on poor roads, across national borders and changes hands many times along the supply chain. In addition, dealers’ limited ability to have the right product in storage can jeopardize timely application by farmers. Improving the supply chain will require significant investment over time but will be necessary to advance fertilizer usage, and productivity, in Africa.
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