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February 23, 2015 News Round-Up

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https://eco-opia.org/2015/02/22/23-february-2015-news-round-up/ The nation has been carrying out structural transformation in the use of fertilizers during the past few years, he said. Ethiopia started applying chemical fertilizer to boost its agricultural productivity in the late 1960s. The low fertilizer consumption has since then increased to 1.2 million ton, the advisor explained. Despite this, there is no current information on the level of fertility of soil in the country. The Ministry of Agriculture, in collaboration with Ethiopian Agriculture and Transformation Agency (EATA) has designed two key national strategies to further increase the amount of fertilizer to be used as agriculture input. Consolidating consultancy service to increase the culture of fertilizer utilization, and identifying crops that use multi-fertilizer as well as national soil fertility map program are the two key strategies, Professor Tekalegn said. Ethiopian Agriculture and Transformation Agency (EATA) was established to realize these strategies, he added. Soil fertility map has been prepared and in some 370 woredas are identified minerals that indicate the level of soil. The government has also been undertaking integrated activities to protect land degradation during the past 15 years, the advisor noted. Community-based basin control strategy is the major contributor for the success attained and close to 20 million hectares of land is revived and has become productive, Professor Tekalegn stated. The national average fertilizer consumption in Ethiopia has reached 50 kg per hectare. EATA CEO, Khalid Bomba, said on his part the first conference in East Africa would promote the nation’s fertilizer market to fertilizer producers. International fertilizer producing companies and stakeholders are in attendance of the conference.