Impact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio-fertilizer (eg PGPR) technologies: a case study of sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.creatorMasso, C.
dc.creatorJefwa, J.M.
dc.creatorJemo, M.
dc.creatorThuita, Moses N.
dc.creatorTarus, D.
dc.creatorVanlauwe, Bernard
dc.date2013
dc.date2017-03-21T13:07:49Z
dc.date2017-03-21T13:07:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:55:09Z
dc.descriptionRecently, there has been a lot of interest to promote bio-fertilizers for eco-efficient intensification of agricultural systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Bio-fertilizers are considered cost-effective and environmentally-friendly. In SSA, bio-fertilizers have not been sufficiently evaluated for quality and efficacy because of weak or absence of regulatory frameworks. Consequently, a proliferation of low quality and inefficacious bio-fertilizer products has been reported. Based on a stepwise assessment of 66 bio-fertilizer products found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria in 2009-2011, in more than 90% of cases, product composition didn’t match indications on the product labels or label claims related to product benefits were not supported by our research results. A few products were however found very promising; for instance, Legumefix (a rhizobial inoculant for soybean) showed a benefit cost analysis > 2.5. There was an obvious need of discriminating high quality products from poor ones. A five year study (i.e. 2012-2017) has started aiming at addressing that gap and scaling-up the best promising bio-fertilizer products. One of the key outcomes of the new project is therefore the institutionalization of quality control and efficacy testing of bio-fertilizer products to virtually eliminate the proliferation of poor-quality and inefficacious ones. That will increase the confidence of smallholder farmers, with high risk aversion, in the bio-fertilizer technologies. Adoption of bio-fertilizers by the resource-poor smallholder farmers in SSA, the majority of the population, will certainly result in improved crop yields, food security, and consequently better livelihood.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/80440
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/117402
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAsian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceMasso, C., Jefwa, J.M., Jemo, M., Thuita, M., Tarus, D. & Vanlauwe, B. (2013). Impact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio-fertilizer (eg PGPR) technologies: a case study of sub-Saharan Africa. In: Proceedings of 3rd Asian Conference on Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and other Microbials, Recent advances in biofertilizers and biofungicides (PGPR) for sustainable agriculture (pp. 276-286). 21-24 April, Manila, Philippines: Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture.
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectsoil fertility
dc.subjectbio-fertilizer adoption
dc.subjectpgpr
dc.subjectregulatory framework
dc.titleImpact of inadequate regulatory frameworks on the adoption of bio-fertilizer (eg PGPR) technologies: a case study of sub-Saharan Africa
dc.typeConference Proceedings

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