Korede Abdullah 
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria – Nigeria has launched its first national fertiliser recommendation manual in more than a decade to improve crop yields, restore soil health and promote climate-resilient farming practices nationwide.
The Harmonized Fertiliser Recommendations for Nigeria – 2026 Edition was presented on Friday in Abuja by the National Agricultural Development Fund and Farm Input Support Services to Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Abubakar Kyari.
Executive Secretary of NADF, Mohammed Ibrahim, said the initiative was conceived in 2025 after stakeholders identified the need for a unified fertiliser framework.
“We decided to begin with fertiliser recommendations because fertiliser remains the most commercially important and complex agricultural input,” Ibrahim says.
The first edition covers maize, rice, wheat, cassava and cowpea, with plans to expand recommendations to other crops.
Chairman of the Editorial Committee, Christogonus Daudu, says the new guide addresses gaps left since the last national manual was released in 2012.
“Farmers were not getting optimum yields, fertiliser-use efficiency remained low and subsidy investments produced inadequate returns,” Daudu says.
Kyari stresses that agricultural productivity must remain profitable for farmers while supporting soil restoration and climate-smart farming practices.
“If we increase yields but farmers spend more than the value they gain, then the economic objective is defeated,” the minister says.
Officials believe the new manual will standardise fertiliser application, improve efficiency and strengthen food security across Nigeria.
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