Developing sustainable technology options for soil fertility improvement (¥ 25 million for FY 2009)

Yokohama Action Plan: [1]Provide assistance to expand agricultural research, extension and advisory services including for adaptation to climate change, development of new crop varieties and improvement of soil fertility and other farming technologies, and increase the number of agriculture professionals through support for agriculture-related education and training in a gender sensitive manner.

Proposed Measures by Japan/Implementing Partners: ● Improvement of soil fertility with use of indigenous resources in rice systems of sub-sahara africa

Potential Resources, Possible Contributions: GoJ(MAFF): Developing sustainable technology options for soil fertility improvement with use of indigenous resources, with affordability and accessibility of small-scale local rice farmers (¥ 25 million for FY 2009)

Status: On-going- (i) Socioeconomic survey in rice areas of Ghana on soil fertility issues through interventions with farmers, (ii) Characterization of indigenous resources for soil fertility improvement, e.g., animal and human excreta, crop residues, and phosphate rocks in rice areas of Ghana, (iii) Soil fertility survey in rice areas of Ghana, (iv) Minerological analysis of phosphate rock samples from deposits in Ghana, (v) Experimentations on the availability enhancement of phosphate rocks from West Africa.