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PRAIA ABIDJANACCRA

LOMÉ COTONOU

fertilizer availability vs. food and nutrition situation

West africa fertilizer Watch providing Weekly information on the impact of covid-19 on the West africa fertilizer market

19 june 2020 – Bulletin no. 11

HIGHLIGHTSThe COVID-19 pandemic appears to be gaining momentum � in West Africa, with +23% increase in new cases recorded during the week. Preventive restrictions are being maintained or tightened.Coordinated responses � to support the agricultural sector and regional trade: on 18 June, ECOWAS presented the World Bank’s new USD 500 million, West Africa Food Systems Resilient Program (FSRP); announced on June 8, the AfDB’s Feed Africa Response to Covid-19 (FAREC) will support, among other things, the provision of key agricultural inputs through smart subsidies.Fertilizer distribution continues � even “with COVID”. Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal are preparing to import remaining volumes to meet this year’s demand. The situation is not as good in Mali and Niger. Prices of agricultural products remain stable � (ROAC/WAGN). Food supplies are generally satisfied, except in pockets of food insecurity that the Food Security Network anticipates will spread in the next few months (see map below). Excluding subsidy programs and cash crop markets, the purchasing power and access to fertilizers of most fragile small-scale agricultural producers will be sharply reduced.From July 2020 � , the Fertilizer Watches in West Africa and East and Southern Africa will be brought together and extended to an Africa Fertilizer Watch covering 28 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Co

lor COVID-19 pandemic:

diagnosed cases on a week-on-week basis

Economic status: public health and economic measures, fertilizer logistics

Fertilizer market indicators:% stock

coverage% subsidized/ total market

Retail/FOB urea price ratio

Stable No impact &/or improvement 80% + < 30% 80% + < 25% Limited impact 50 – 80% 30 – 50% 50 – 80% 25% – 50% Moderate impact 30 – 50% 50 – 80% 30 – 50% > 50% Strong impact < 30% 80% + < 30% No data (N.D.) N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D.

STATuS Covid -19

Public Measures

Status of fertilizer supply chain

Fertilizer Markets

Country

Benin Ç Burkina Faso ÇCape Verde Chad Côte d’iVoire È ÇGamBia ÇGhana ÈGuinea Bissau È Guinea ÈLiBeria

maLi Èmauritania

niGer

niGeria ÇseneGaL

sierra Leone ÇtoGo È

covid-19 % change

health measures

domestic transport

economic measures

port operations

border crossing

inventories & stocks

retail/fob price ratio

agro input retail shops

fertilizer subsidies

MONROVIA

FREETOWN

CONAKRY

LAGOS

BAMAKO

NIAMEY

BISSAU

BANJUL

DAKAR

BURKINA FASO247

CÔTE D’IVOIRE297

GUINÉE36

SIERRA LEONE12

LIBERIA 5

SÉNÉGAL156

NIGERIA 1,215

NIGER70

MALI731

MAURITANIA40

CAPE VERDE5

CHAD40

BENIN 167

TOGO 61

GHANA 354

GAMBIA10

GUINEE BISSAU5

N’DJAMENA

OUAGADOUGOU

The number below a country’s name represents its estimated annual fertilizer demand in 1000 metric tons. The figures are derived from 2016-2019 average consumption data collected by AfricaFertilizer.org. Food and Nutrition Situation and Phases as of Mar-May 2020 by RCPA/CILSS (www.food-security.net/en/visualise-export).

FERTILIZER STOCK COVERAGE %

80% +

50-80%

30–50%

0–30%as of mid-may 2020

FOOD & NUTRITION SECURITY PHASE

1. minimal

2. under pressure

3. crisis

4. emergency

not analyzedas of mar-may 2020

NOUAKCHOTT

ABUJA