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June 4, 2015/FDP/Agriculture Technology Transfer (ATT)
Fertilizer Deep Placement (FDP)
WHAT IS FERTILIZER DEEP PLACEMENT?
Fertilizer Deep Placement (UDP) is the practice of placing briquetted fertilizer 5-7cm deep in soil, at spacing of 40 cms.
40 cm
40 cm
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FDP, HOW DOES IT WORK?
Fertilizer Briquettes
Urea Briquettes NPK BriquettesUrea + Diammonium phosphate +
Muriate of Potash
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FDP APPLICATION RATES
• 1.8 gram briquette:
113 kg/ha
• 2.7 gram briquette:
170 kg/ha
WHAT ARE FDP RESULTS ON
VEGETABLE YIELDS?
Burundi - Drip Irrigated Onion
N Rate (kg ha-1)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Yie
ld (
kg h
a-1)
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
Bio-fertilizerDuration-75NPK-UreaUDPDuration-120
Burundi - Rainfed Onion
N Rate (kg ha-1)
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Yie
ld (
kg h
a-1)
600
800
1000
1200
1400
Bio-fertilizerDuration-75NPK-UreaUDPDuration-120
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To
ma
to Y
ield
(t
ha-1
)
0
10
20
30
40 Validation -- TogoScaling Out -- TogoValidation -- Burkina Faso
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CONCLUSIONS OF A RECENT STUDY
• Deep placement of urea briquette and NPK briquette resulted in higher vegetable yields and in general higher uptake of nutrients compared with broadcast application of NPK.
• Greater benefits were accrued with the integrated use of manures and deep placement of briquettes.
CONCLUSIONS OF A RECENT STUDY
YIELDS
14.6% to 35.4% NPK
Applied
10%
• With use of NPK briquettes
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES OF FDP TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN GHANA?
• Limited Supply and Demand of fertilizer briquettes
• FDP Best Practices for vegetables are not harmonized for vegetable farmers
• Briquette application is not mechanized and is thus labor-intensive
A few challenges include
BRIQUETTED FERTILIZER SUPPLIERS IN GHANA
• Upper East Region, Bolgatanga:
–Simple Prince
• Northern Region, Tamale:
–Ganorma
• Volta Region, Ho hoe:
–Greenshield
Mike Dockrey, Chief of Party
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (ATT) PROJECT:
www.feedthefuture.gov