Fertilizer distribution and credit schemes for small-scale farmers
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More than 18 years experience in the FAO Fertilizer Programme on fertilizer use development under different local farming conditions in more than 40 developing countries has provided a wealth of information. It reveals not only the yield increasing effects of judicious fertilizer use, but also the constraints to this use, at the national, regional and farmer level. At the farmer level the constraints comprise: the farmers' lack of knowledge of modern techniques; ineffectiveness of extension serv ices, insufficient credit facilities, inadequate fertilizer supply, distribution and storage; and restricted possibilities for marketing farm products.