The Guardian turned to IFPRI Senior Researcher Dr. Todd Benson for a story about how low-quality fertilizer is keeping food yields low in Uganda. Said Benson: “there aren’t any silver bullets in development, but probably the closest thing we have is fertilizer.” Unfortunately, the high-quality fertilizer that could spell the difference between bust and bounty is not prevalent in the East African nation.
Dodgy fertiliser is keeping Uganda hungry
August 05, 2015