KEY MESSAGES
- Description: Design and access to fertility data of cultivated soils by the constitution of a database compiling characteristics of the country's soils
Database constituted by experts with dedicated training and circulated to the largest possible base to engage crop optimization
- Specificity: Data-driven recommendations based on the results of analyses
- Impact: +30% of productivity in covered lands
FUNCTIONING
PILLARS OF FERTIMAP DESIGN:
Soil mapping, compiling and completing existing records
Evaluation and mapping of soil fertility, determination of the fertility according to appropriate grid
Establishment of soil fertility norms, formulate fertilization recommendations
Denition of the SIG-Ferti-Conseil tool, valorize the results with an IT interface
Training, reinforce the capabilities of the staff involved in the project
Reinforcement of technical capabilities and infrastructures at country level
SCOPE
MOROCCO / CIV / GUINEA / DRC / MALI / TOGO / BENIN
Potential to have an impact on all farmers in the countries concerned
(+8.7 M ha in Morocco)
BUDGET
DH 60 M for Morocco
IMPACTS
Agricultural productivity
+30% of productivity at national scale for the soils concerned
Climate change
Soil protection
Reasonable use of inputs
Crop to soil matching
Sustainable dev. goals
Increase of small farmers' income
NEXT STEPS
Extension of the project to six African countries
Launched in Guinea and Togo
Under reection in Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and DRC
