# Presidential initiative on fertilizer kicks off | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

> Nigeria's Presidential Fertilizer Initiative began distributing subsidized fertilizer as planting season starts, with bags priced at N5,500 versus N10,000 previously. The program uses phosphorus imported from OCP of Morocco under a December 2016 agreement, targeting 1.5 million mt of blended fertilizer.

- Date: 2017-03-19 · published 2017-03-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Nigeria · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72293-presidential-initiative-on-fertilizer-kicks-off-the-guardian-nigeria-news
- Commodities: [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md)

## Why it matters

Domestic fertilizer demand in Nigeria rising through blending programs has little direct effect on global feed commodity prices.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲

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## Sources

- guardian.ng: https://guardian.ng/business-services/agro-care/presidential-initiative-on-fertilizer-kicks-off/

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