The Roundtable on Fertilizers and Soil Health is taking place in the Togolese capital, Lomé. At the end of this meeting, the participants must agree on the commitments to be made and the measures to be implemented for the establishment of a sustainable and competitive system of production and supply of West African producers with fertilizers of good quality. quality, at competitive prices and in a timely manner.
In Lomé, the participants in the round table must agree on the commitments to be made and the measures to be implemented for the establishment of a sustainable and competitive system of production and supply of West African producers with fertilizers of good quality. quality, at competitive prices and in a timely manner.
The meeting should also develop a roadmap accompanied by a “Declaration” of commitment to support the implementation of a ten-year Action Plan for strengthening the fertilizer sector and improving Soil Health in West Africa and the Sahel. The work will be sanctioned by a “Lomé Declaration on Fertilizers and Soil Health in West Africa and the Sahel”.
The qualified high-level meeting revisits the priority actions relating to the strengthening of institutions and human capacities to ensure the sustainable management of fertilizers and soil health, in particular through the promotion of appropriate technologies, the establishment of soil analysis, and the creation of regional knowledge exchange networks.
Ministers from member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) and the International Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS), exchange with technical and financial partners on options and means to increase local production of fertilizers, improve distribution infrastructure and strengthen intra-regional trade in fertilizers. The financing of a certain number of actions, in particular the response to emergencies, access to fertilizer for farmers, the response to structural constraints (reforms, local production, infrastructure, etc. are on the menu of the discussions of the round table.
Discussions revolve, among other things, around the search for ways to promote a regulatory environment favorable to the local production of fertilizers, the best way to stimulate the development of innovative technologies in the production of fertilizers, the strengthening of collaboration between the countries of the West African sub-region to facilitate the import and export of fertilizers and also the promotion of private sector investment to develop fertilizer production and the preservation of soil health in West Africa. the West and the Sahel.
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