Indigenous bone fertilizer for growth and food security: A local solution to a global challenge

IF 6.8 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102396

Andrew M. Simons , Milkiyas Ahmed , Garrick Blalock , Bourcard Nesin

引用次数: 1

Abstract

We examine the process of recycling the phosphorus that naturally occurs in animal bones, compare the cost of recycled phosphorus to that of conventional phosphorus fertilizer, and measure farmers’ willingness to pay for recycled phosphorus. In our research setting of rural Ethiopia, we reach three conclusions. First, we demonstrate that it is possible to make a suitable pelletized P fertilizer from animal bones. Second, we estimate that the recycled P fertilizer costs 16% to 39% less than importing conventional fertilizer. Third, we find that farmer’s willingness to pay for recycled phosphorus fertilizer is the same as that for conventional fertilizer.

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促进生长和粮食安全的本土骨肥:应对全球挑战的地方解决方案

我们考察了动物骨骼中自然存在的磷的回收过程，比较了再生磷与传统磷肥的成本，并衡量了农民购买再生磷的意愿。在我们对埃塞俄比亚农村的研究设置中，我们得出了三个结论。首先，我们证明了用动物骨头制作合适的粒状磷肥是可能的。其次，我们估计再生磷肥的成本比进口常规肥料低16% ~ 39%。第三，我们发现农户购买循环磷肥的意愿与购买常规磷肥的意愿相同。

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来源期刊

Food Policy 管理科学-农业经济与政策

CiteScore

11.40

自引率

4.60%

发文量

128

审稿时长

62 days

期刊介绍： Food Policy is a multidisciplinary journal publishing original research and novel evidence on issues in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of policies for the food sector in developing, transition, and advanced economies. Our main focus is on the economic and social aspect of food policy, and we prioritize empirical studies informing international food policy debates. Provided that articles make a clear and explicit contribution to food policy debates of international interest, we consider papers from any of the social sciences. Papers from other disciplines (e.g., law) will be considered only if they provide a key policy contribution, and are written in a style which is accessible to a social science readership.