World Fertilizer Problem Raises $135 million for Fertilizer Effectivity and Soil Well being Measures to Fight Meals Insecurity – World

MEDIA NOTE
OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON
NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Deputy Particular Envoy for Local weather Richard Duke and high-level companions from america, European Fee, Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands introduced a complete of $135 million in new funding for fertilizer effectivity and soil well being packages to fight fertilizer shortages and meals insecurity. This announcement exceeds President Biden’s World Fertilizer Problem objective, set on the June 17 Main Economies Discussion board, to lift $100 million {dollars} by COP27 to assist low- and middle-income international locations handle the worldwide fertilizer shortages precipitated, partly, by Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

Deputy Particular Envoy Duke was joined on the launch occasion by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, USAID Administrator Samantha Energy, European Union Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, Norwegian Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, German State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth, Dutch Ambassador Marcel Beukeboom, African Union Commissioner Josefa Sacko, Colombia Vice Minister Villegas, and Worldwide Fertilizer Affiliation CEO Alzbeta Klein. The $109 million in new public funding – together with $25 million from america – might be used to increase fertilizer and soil well being packages in sub-Saharan Africa and in key middle-income international locations outdoors the continent. These coordinated investments are an essential step for better donor alignment and integration with the African Union-led Fertilizer and Soil Well being Motion Plan set to be endorsed on the June 2023 African Union Fertilizer and Soil Well being Summit.

Along with the $109 million in public funds, the Basis for Meals & Agriculture Analysis (FFAR) is leveraging $4.5 million from the non-public sector to match a U.S. authorities grant to help the Environment friendly Fertilizer Consortium (https://foundationfar.org/news/ffar-launches-efficient-fertilizer-consortium/) and a bunch of philanthropic funders and traders have dedicated $21.5 million in aligned funding (https://www.climateworks.org/press-release/commitment-in-philanthropic-and-investor-aligned-funding-to-support-global-action-on-fertilizer) which can extra broadly handle fertilizer’s function within the local weather, meals safety, and vitality crises.

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