Patrice Annequin IFDC Senior Market Information Specialist | AfricaFertilizer.org coordinator FAO / CountrySTAT consultative meeting | Addis Ababa, 28-29 Nov 2011

Partnering with CountrySTAT for better

fertilizer statistics in Africa

To feed our people, we must first feed our soil- Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of the Republic of Nigeria during the Africa Fertilizer Summit – Abuja, June 2006

Outline

• Background

• The AfricaFertilizer.org portal

• 2012-2015: an Alliance of 5 key partners

• Proposed activities with CountrySTAT programs

• Points for discussions

• Contact information

The Abuja Declaration on Fertilizers • June 2006 • Fertilizer use in Africa: 8 kg/ha/year • 12 recommendations • An answer to #10:

– Improve farmer access to complementary inputs (quality seeds, irrigation facilities, extension services, market information).

• A contribution to many others!

Reaching the 50 kg/ha benchmark by 2015

Using better fertilizer statistics for better …

o Fertilizer & other agro inputs market intelligence

o Import, distribution and supply monitoring & forecasting

o Policy making (CAADP, ACTESA)

o Public & private investments (AFFM, corridors, new plants)

o Fertilizer & agricultural programs management

o M&E (IFDC, AGRA, NEPAD)

AfricaFertilizer.org • All African countries

• All free content

• Managed by IFDC

• Developed in Ghana

• Version 1 launched in March 2010

• Secured servers and data in Feb 2011 (NL)

Key content

• Statistics

• Market news

• Publications

• Directories

• And much more …

www.africafertilizer.org

All data can be exported to excel, pdf, csv, xml [Microsoft Reporting Services]

Fertilizer statistics

In partnership with CountrySTAT from 2012

AMITSA in East Africa MIR+ in West Africa

KA 4: monitoring fertilizer trade flows

• Products & nutrients • FAOSTAT and IFA data

2012-2015

From aggregation and dissemination of existing information on fertilizers to support to partners, programs and activities that increase availability and quality of such information

Alliance

AfricaFertilizer.org goal & objective

Our goal:

To contribute to the

development of a

sustainable and profitable

agriculture in Africa

through an increased use

of fertilizers, contributing

to poverty elimination

and food security.

Our objective:

To provide timely

and transparent

technical and market

information on

fertilizers in Africa.

AfricaFertilizer.org thematic focus

1. Essential statistics Production, trade, consumption, price, production

capacities and fertilizer use per crop. Per (major) nutrient and per fertilizer product

2. Market intelligence Policies, regulations, subsidy programmes, etc International and local prices, directories,

publications and news

3. Monitoring and evaluation data Support AFO partners’ programs, including

monitoring the effective implementation of the Africa Fertilizer Summit recommendations

4 components

1 - Improve availability and quality of fertilizer statistics

Lead: FAO (CountrySTAT)

2 - Improve knowledge on fertilizer policies

Lead: NEPAD

3- Increase availability of market and technical

information on fertilizers Lead: IFDC

4 - Improve AfricaFertilizer.org

portal features Lead: IFDC

« hard data »

« soft data »

Component 1 - Improve availability and quality of fertilizer statistics in Africa

Key activities Output indicators

1. Assist CountrySTAT programs to improve collection of fertilizer statistics

2. Assist in the validation process of fertilizer statistics

3. Increase the range of fertilizer statistics available

4. Support harmonization and simplification of questionnaires & methodologies

At least 4 countries fully covered in 2012 (Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya and Tanzania), 20 in 2015

Africa Fertilizer Working Group operational in 2013

New guidelines available in 2013

Training materials, Trainings, Studies, Technical Assistance and Meetings

National CS secretariats identify members of Fertilizer Technical

Working Groups (FTWG)

National FTWG created with ad hoc members

National FTWG members trained by

IFA/IFDC

CS members of Fertilizer WG gathers raw data

National FTWG compiles and crosschecks data (2 annual meetings)

National CS submits data for validation to

the Africa Fertilizer WG (FAO, IFA, IFDC)

Annual statistics validated by AFWG

National CS secretariats validate and publish

annual statistics

FAO publishes annual statistics on FAO STAT

website

A selection of annual statistics is published on AfricaFertilizer.org

A selection of annual statistics is published on IFA Data

AFO partners receive a full copy of national statistics

Capacity building

Data collection

Validation & publication

Data sharing

Proposed statistic data flow & interventions

Fertilizer Working Groups

National Fertilizer Working Groups

• Members

– CountrySTAT experts

– Private sector reps

– Local AFO experts

• Roles

– Data collection

– Quality checks

• Activities

– (technical) Trainings

– Quarterly meetings

Africa Fertilizer Working Group

• Members

– FAO, IFA and IFDC

– Strategic experts

– Replica of global FWG

• Roles

– Data validation

– Methodologies

– Recommendations

• Activities

– Annual validation meeting

Proposed 2012 activities with CountrySTAT

Key activities stated in the concept note

Activities planned in 2012

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1.1 Assist CountrySTAT programs to improve collection of fertilizer statistics in selected countries

Present AFO strategy and work plan to CountrySTAT stakeholders at national and regional level Form Fertilizer Technical Working Groups (FTWG) in each strategic country with 5-10 qualified members Develop training materials for fertilizer statistics collection, storage, processing and validation (STC) Organize one 3 day training of 10 trainers from AFO strategic countries

Organize a series of 3 trainings for 5-10 CountrySTAT (FTWG) staff and key partners

Sponsor and/or organize 1 day FTWG data collection meeting (one per year per country)

1.2 Assist in the validation process of fertilizer statistics at national level and regional levels

Sponsor and/or organize 1 day FTWG data validation meeting (one per year per country) Hold a 2 day validation workshop at continental level (10 persons x 2 days /year)

1.3 Increase the range of fertilizer statistics available per country

Continuous compilation of existing statistical data, sources and methodologies

Update annual fertilizer statistics availability tables, and propose activities to fill identified gaps

1.4 - Supporting harmonization and simplification of questionnaires used to collect statistics

Conduct an in depth review of questionnaires and methodologies used, and prepare guidelines for their harmonization and simplification

Today: Refining and validating together …

• Selection of Countries / Regions in 2012 – Strategic countries: Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique – Priority countries: Malawi, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Côte

d’Ivoire, Mali. – Strategic RECs: EAC (East Africa), UEMOA (West Africa)

• Proposed process – Fertilizer Working Groups – Data flows – Roles and responsibilities

• Proposed timeframe for 2012 – Trainings April - May – Collection --- – Validation Sept - October

THANK YOU !

Visit AFO website: www.africafertilizer.org

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Contact AFO by email: info@africafertilizer.org

Coordination: Patrice Annequin | IFDC Ghana, Accra

pannequin@ifdc.org | +233 244 067 658

IFDC (International Fertilizer Development Center): www.ifdc.org

AMITSA (agro input MIS in East and Southern Africa) : www.amitsa.org