Offenders to bag 5-year imprisonment on back of new Fertilizer Act

14 March 2011, Ouagadougou - A farmer applying fertilizer to a crop. In Burkina Faso, FAO received around ¤ 1.8 million from the EU to provide livestock and animal feed, as well as support to urban gardening and training, reaching some 80,000 people. FAO Project: OSRO/BKF/903/EC - Capacity building for vulnerable households affected by flooding in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. Objective: To contribute in capacity building of vulnerable families and victims of the flooding in the capital of Burkina Faso.

The Federal government, in a bid to ensure a sustainable fertilizer quality control system in Nigeria, has announced a 5-year jail term for offenders as enshrined in the 2019 National Fertilizer Act. The fertilizer act which aims at safeguarding the interest of farmers and all players on the agri

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