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Supporting Africa's Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plans (AFSH-AP)

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August 29, 2024
Sustain Africa provides rebated fertilizer and resilience program...
Sustain Africa’s country programmes in Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia have completed, with programmes in Burkina Faso and Ghana completing at the end of August 2024. In total so far, 165,471 ...
August 29, 2024
Sustain Africa Learning Agenda highlights priorities for building...
While Sustain Africa was initiated as a crisis response mechanism to mitigate the impact of a global fertilizer price spike, the Sustain Africa Learning Agenda aimed at surfacing evidence-based recommendations ...
August 29, 2024
Recommendations for strengthening multistakeholder crisis respons...
A study by Dalberg evaluated Sustain Africa’s relevance, impact logic, partnerships and governance, and efficiency and also made recommendations on how to achieve even greater impact if a price spike in the fut...
August 29, 2024
Sustain Africa enters a new chapter from September 2024
Most of Sustain Africa’s active programmes complete at the end of August 2024, at which point Sustain Africa, supported by its current board member organisations AFAP, AGRA, BMGF, IFA, IFDC, Rabobank and USAID,...
August 23, 2024
New research shows fertilizer use and subsidies must deliver bett...
Research by a consortium headed by Purdue University shows that fertilizer use is not consistently profitable for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The research was commissioned by Sustain Africa  to a...
August 5, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin#23 – Anticipating El Niño Imp...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Contact Us Today Fragile Progress Faces New Global Risks  A recent United Nations (UN) assessment of...
July 29, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #22 – Africa’s Moment to Stre...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Contact Us Today Africa’s fertilizer sector is at a defining moment. Heavy reliance on imported fert...
July 22, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #21 – African Union Insights ...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Contact Us Today Commitment to Soil Health Adoption of the Nairobi Declaration at the Africa Fertili...
July 15, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #20 – The Future of Fer...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Contact Us Today Industry Perspectives from ETG The recent fertilizer crisis has been one of the mos...
July 10, 2026
Farmers’ Associations Drive Resilience in Sudan
Years of conflict and economic instability have made farming increasingly difficult in Sudan. Smallholder farmers are grappling with rising production costs, limited access to finance, volatile input prices, an...
July 8, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #19 – Market Analysis and Afr...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Contact Us Today Global fertilizer markets are once again at a turning point. Although the reopening...
July 1, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #18 – Beyond Oil: How the Str...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Contact Us Today Discussions on the Strait of Hormuz almost always center on oil. As one of the worl...
June 24, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #17 – Fertilizer Policies Mat...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Contact Us Today This bulletin draws from a recent modeling analysis by the International Food Polic...
June 17, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #16 – Industry Perspectives f...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Contact Us Today Global Food and Fertilizer Systems: No Longer Fit for Purpose  The challenges facin...
June 12, 2026
Against the Odds: Sudanese Farmers Reap the Benefits of Timely Su...
“This potato cultivation season was different for me because I received certified seeds and fertilisers at the right time to begin planting. In the past, we rarely received both inputs when we needed them.” Ada...
June 10, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #15 – Coordination in a Perio...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Contact Us Today As geopolitical tensions, energy market volatility, and shifting trade policies con...
June 3, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #14 – Global Fertilizer Marke...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now. Join Us Today Status of the War in the Middle East Geopolitical tensions between the United States, I...
May 28, 2026
“Farming Is Part of Our Souls”: Ahmed Abdallah’s Harvest Story...
For months, Ahmed Abdallah and his family worked tirelessly on their land in the New Halfa Agricultural Scheme, preparing for the wheat cultivation season they hoped would secure their future. Like many farming...
May 27, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #13 – The Strait of Hormuz an...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Join Us Today   By Ben Valk   Global Director, Sustain Sudan Initiative   Sustain Africa  “Fert...
May 20, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #12 – FAO Outlines Risks, Act...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Join Us Today Following the recent ceasefire agreement between the United States, Israel, and Iran, ...
May 13, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #11 – What Governments Sho...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Join Us Today Africa’s Fertilizer Crisis: Why Short-Term Fixes Are No Longer Enough  Africa’s fertil...
May 8, 2026
Sustain Africa Supports Sudan’s Agricultural Recovery Through Imp...
Supporting Sudan’s Agricultural Recovery  To help mitigate the impact of the ongoing conflict in Sudan on the agricultural sector, Sustain Africa, a pan-African initiative hosted by the International Fertilizer...
May 6, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin 10 – Shipping Disruptions Dri...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Join Us Today Escalating disruptions to global shipping related to the Middle East conflict are shar...
April 29, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #9 –Policy Responses to the F...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Join Us Today Southern Africa Southern Africa is largely in the post-harvest phase following Septemb...
April 22, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #8
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now. Join Us Today POLICY RESPONSES TO THE FERTILIZER CRISIS On February 28, 2026, the United States and I...
April 17, 2026
Strengthening Sudanese Farming Through Seeds and Fertilizer Suppo...
Emergency Import of Critical Agricultural Inputs The ongoing conflict in Sudan continues to contribute to a food crisis threatening the lives of over 22 million people. Farmers, especially smallholders, are fac...
April 15, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #7 – A Fertilizer Shock the W...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now. Join Us Today It has become apparent that global food security is only as stable as the systems that ...
April 8, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #6 – Assessing Supply Risks a...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now. Join Us Today Geopolitical Risk Escalation and Global Market Disruptions  The growing geopolitical te...
April 1, 2026
Fertilizer Crisis Response Bulletin #5 – No Time to Lose: A...
The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now.  Join Us Today The global fertilizer disruption triggered by the escalating U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict...
March 30, 2026
A Continental Response to a Global Shock: Safeguarding Africa’s F...
Fertilizer bags being shipped out. Photo credit: Streamline The next fertilizer crisis is inevitable. Whether it becomes a food crisis depends on what we invest in now Join Us Today A Global Shock Reaches Afric...
March 18, 2026
The Global Fertilizer Crisis Response Group Returns: Turning Less...
The Global Fertilizer Crisis Response Group Is Reinstated  This Time, We Must Act Earlier and Smarter Today marks the reinstatement of the Global Fertilizer Crisis Response Group (GFCRG) at a moment when global...
March 17, 2026
Urgent Action Needed: Protecting Africa’s Food Security in the Fa...
War in the Middle East: Implications for Africa’s 2026 Planting Seasons Second Issue: Call to Action In a bid to avert a looming fertilizer crisis, IFDC, Sustain Africa and AfricaFertilizer are pleased to annou...
March 10, 2026
IFDC, Sustain Africa, and AfricaFertilizer Call for Urgent Coordi...
Be Part of the Solution Contact Us via sustain@sustainafrica-initiative.org We, Sustain Africa, IFDC and AfricaFertilizer call for the following immediate priorities: Convene a Global Fertilizer Crisis Response...
January 13, 2026
Advancing Mozambique’s National Fertilizer and Soil Health Policy...
Advancing Mozambique’s National Fertilizer and Soil Health Policy Agenda Mozambique has initiated the national domestication of the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Action Plan (AFSH-AP), marking an important ...
December 16, 2025
Press Release – Sustain Africa Supports Fertilizer Deliveri...
Urea fertilizer loading onto the trucks in Port Sudan. [Photo: Sustain Africa] JOINT RELEASE Sustain Africa Supports Fertilizer Deliveries for Agricultural Recovery in Sudan Port Sudan, Sudan 16th December 2025...
November 27, 2025
Malawi Advances Implementation of Its Fertilizer and Soil Health ...
Malawi Charts a New Path for Fertilizer and Soil Health Roadmap When the sun rose over Lake Malawi shinning on Salima on 18 November 2025, it marked more than the start of another technical meeting. It signalle...
November 4, 2025
Building Momentum for Healthier Soils and Stronger Food Systems i...
Sustain Africa Championing AFSH-AP Implementation and Domestication Sustain Africa recently led key partners and stakeholders including Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), the Ministry of Agricult...
October 22, 2025
Sustain Africa is now in Country Number 12
Building Resilience in Sudan: Sustain Sudan Project Launched “Our mission is simple but urgent: ensure fertilizer is available across Sudan and affordable for smallholder farmers,” said Ben Valk, International ...
August 29, 2024
Derisking and expanding the reach of fertilizer financing is key ...
A study on derisking fertilizer finance, conducted by Dalberg found the following issues, and makes recommendations to address them. Read the full report here and the Executive Summary below listing the main is...
February 16, 2024
Sustain Africa programme launches in Burkina Faso
Sustain Africa’s country programme in Burkina Faso launched on the 7th of February 2024 with kick-off meetings in the capital Ouagadougou. The project will provide 20,000 tonnes of discounted fertilizer in two ...
February 15, 2024
Sustain Africa starts advisory to Nigerian government
Sustain Africa’s advisory programme in Nigeria was launched on December 1 2023 with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Sustain Africa. Sustain Africa is s...
November 14, 2023
Sustain Africa programmes launch in Zambia and Kenya

Sustain Africa programmes in Zambia and Kenya launched in November. Read more on the Zambia launch, and programme, here and about the Kenya launch here.

November 14, 2023
Sustain Africa programme in Zambia helps bolster staple food crop...
Sustain Africa and the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) proudly inaugurated the Sustain Africa Initiative in Zambia during an event held on Friday, November 3rd, 2023 at the Mosi-oa-Tunya ...
November 14, 2023
Sustain Africa supports the Kenyan government with advisory servi...
Sustain Africa, in collaboration with the Presidential Economic Transformation Secretariat (PETS), the Ministry of Agriculture,  Livestock and Fisheries Kenya, and the International Institute of Tropical Agricu...
September 21, 2023
Fertilizer gets a starring role in Madagascar
About 80% of people in Madagascar depend on agriculture. Many farmers’ livelihoods were disrupted by a severe 2022 cyclone season, which followed two years of extreme drought. Fertilizer use in the country is l...
September 21, 2023
Introducing the Sustain Africa Fertilizer Monitor
As International fertilizer prices continue to drop, Sustain Africa’s original remit of ensuring availability and affordability of fertilizer has expired. Sustain Africa’s country programmes will conclude in Ap...
September 21, 2023
USAID grants USD 5 million to Sustain Africa
USAID has granted Sustain Africa USD 5 million in funding as part of a USD 15 million package that was announced at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The investment is part of supplement...
September 12, 2023
Sustain Africa 2023-2024 programmes finalized
In 2023-2024, Sustain Africa aims to reach 530.000 farmers with 88.000 MT of fertilizer in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Uganda and Zambia. In addition, Sustain Africa is providing advisory services to the Kenyan and Ni...
September 12, 2023
Outlook: Retail fertilizer prices remain high in many countries
While International fertilizer prices continue to return to pre-crisis levels, retail fertilizer prices in many countries show a different trend, increasing in many countries and falling only slowly in others. ...
Sustain Africa Ghana 2023 Field Day
July 3, 2023
Sustain Africa launches 2023 programme in Ghana
Sustain Africa’s 2023 programme in Ghana was launched on May 19th with an event attended by the Honorable Dr. Brian Acheampong, Minister of Food and Agriculture, Ghana. Other attendees included various Members ...
March 1, 2023
Sustain Africa 2022 programmes on target, 2023 planning underway

Sustain Africa programmes are on track to reach 1.5 million farmers in five countries. Planning for up to 14 countries in 2023 is underway

March 1, 2023
Falling prices but Africa still in fertilizer crisis

Fertilizer prices have decreased but remain over 2.3 times the average 2020 price while rising government debt distress may put subsidy programmes in question.

February 25, 2023
Malawi government focuses on fertilizer

Sustain Africa advises the Malawian Parliamentarian Committee on Defence and Security regarding security measures to safeguard the fertilizer that is part of the government’s subsidy programme.

January 31, 2023
Having a field day in Madagascar

Planting using fertilizer coordinated through the Sustain Africa programme kicked off in Madagascar with a field day to demonstrate correct use of the fertilizer for different crops including rice

January 3, 2023
Sustain Africa Uganda programme hits targets

Sustain Africa’s programme in Uganda, which rolled out in August 2022, has hit its target distribution to farmers of 20,000 MT of fertilizer

November 25, 2022
Sustain Africa roll out in Mozambique

Sustain Africa’s programme in Mozambique, targeting almost 50,000 farmers with 9,500MT of rebated fertilizer, rolls out with a mulitstakeholder event

November 19, 2022
Sustain Africa supports supply of fertilizer in Malawi

Sustain Africa supports the Malawi government in the supply of 52,000 MT of NPK fertilizer to farmers through the Malawi government’s Affordable Inputs Programme, ensuring affordability farmers.

November 14, 2022
Sustain Africa launches in Mozambique

Sustain Africa initiative announces its programme Mozambique to increase accessibility and affordability to farmers of up to 9,500 metric tonnes of fertilizer to 47,500 farmers.

Afriqom Fertilizer Club Western Africa 2023, Accra, Ghana
14-16
March
AFAP Regional PPD for East Africa, Kampala, Uganda
29-30
March
AU Africa Fertilizer & Soil Health Summit
19-21
July

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Africa Fertilizer Conference Marrakesh, Morocco, 2025

23 - 26
November

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