This document summarizes a presentation on fertilizer marketing, distribution and pricing in Bangladesh. It discusses how chemical fertilizers have contributed to increased crop production but also led to soil health deterioration from imbalanced use. It outlines objectives to review the country's fertilizer production, import, distribution and pricing systems, as well as farmers' accessibility. The presentation covers fertilizer consumption trends, subsidies, distribution channels, pricing policies and identifies gaps such as distortion from public interventions and monopoly import control of urea. It recommends progressive liberalization of the fertilizer system and a shift to need-based, bottom-up assessment of annual fertilizer demand.
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and quality. The following slides describe the value and characteristics of fertilizers in
modern food production.
Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) is the world’s most widely used phosphorus fertilizer. It’s made from two common constituents in the fertilizer industry, and its relatively high nutrient content and excellent physical properties make it a popular choice in farming and other industries
Yara Fertilizer Industry Handbook
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The document does not describe Yara or its strategies. For information on Yara-specific
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modern food production.
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Classification of chemical fertilizers • organic fertilizer and inorganic fertilizer • Sources of Organic fertilizers • Inorganic fertilizers • Nitrogenous fertilizers • Phosphate fertilizers • Potassic fertilizers • Secondary major-nutrient fertilizers • Micronutrient Fertilizers • On the base of physiological effect • On the basis of physical forms • Granular fertilizers
Determination of soil available nitrogen by Alkaline
permanganate method (Subbiah and Asija, 1956).
Nitrogen is necessary for all forms of life. It is most important
essential plant nutrient for crop production as it is constituted the building blocks of almost all the plant structures.
Here, it is a brief presentation regarding nanofertilizer, in relation to its role in enhancing the use efficiency of concerned nutrient, along with some experimrntal findings. Thank you for ur kind consideration.
customized and value added fertilizers.pptxPragyaNaithani
Customized fertilizer are defined as multi nutrient carrier designed to contain macro and / or micro nutrient forms, both from inorganic and/or organic sources, manufactured through a systematic process of granulation, satisfying the crop’s nutritional needs, specific to site, soil and stage, validated by a scientific crop model capability developed by an accredited fertilizer manufacturing/marketing company.
The objectives –
• To provide site specific nutrient management
• To achieve maximum fertilizer use efficiency for the applied nutrients
• To attain cost effective fertilizer application
• A fertilizer composition with additional nutrients as compared to conventional fertilizers, from additional sources such as humic acids, amino acids, treated biochar and proteoglycans etc., which when applied increase yields with reduced fertilizer use.
• The deficiency of secondary and micronutrients can thus be overcome easily by fortification of the presently manufactured N/P/NP/NPK fertilizers
• Value-added fertilizers can increase crop yields by 14 to 17 percent compared with same amount of traditional fertilizers.
CF & FF:- holistic nutrition solution
• In north western India, secondary nutrients (S) and micronutrients (Zn, B, Fe, Mn) deficiencies are reported, which can be tackled with the use of value added fertilizers
• Although, K is sufficiently available, K response was found better after application of customized fertilizers
• The soil survey of India reported in many areas soils and ground water were affected by nitrate pollution (Handa 1986; Kakar 2008; Rawat and Singh 2010). Thus, it is quite essential to avoid overuse and go for usage of fertilizers as per the demand of crop.
These reports have been made by me and my classmates at IBA Karachi. The sole purpose of putting these reports here is to help the free flow of knowledge .
Biogas is an environmentally-friendly, renewable energy source. It's produced when organic matter, such as food or animal waste, is broken down by microorganisms in the absence of oxygen, in a process called anaerobic digestion.
Classification of chemical fertilizers • organic fertilizer and inorganic fertilizer • Sources of Organic fertilizers • Inorganic fertilizers • Nitrogenous fertilizers • Phosphate fertilizers • Potassic fertilizers • Secondary major-nutrient fertilizers • Micronutrient Fertilizers • On the base of physiological effect • On the basis of physical forms • Granular fertilizers
Determination of soil available nitrogen by Alkaline
permanganate method (Subbiah and Asija, 1956).
Nitrogen is necessary for all forms of life. It is most important
essential plant nutrient for crop production as it is constituted the building blocks of almost all the plant structures.
Here, it is a brief presentation regarding nanofertilizer, in relation to its role in enhancing the use efficiency of concerned nutrient, along with some experimrntal findings. Thank you for ur kind consideration.
customized and value added fertilizers.pptxPragyaNaithani
Customized fertilizer are defined as multi nutrient carrier designed to contain macro and / or micro nutrient forms, both from inorganic and/or organic sources, manufactured through a systematic process of granulation, satisfying the crop’s nutritional needs, specific to site, soil and stage, validated by a scientific crop model capability developed by an accredited fertilizer manufacturing/marketing company.
The objectives –
• To provide site specific nutrient management
• To achieve maximum fertilizer use efficiency for the applied nutrients
• To attain cost effective fertilizer application
• A fertilizer composition with additional nutrients as compared to conventional fertilizers, from additional sources such as humic acids, amino acids, treated biochar and proteoglycans etc., which when applied increase yields with reduced fertilizer use.
• The deficiency of secondary and micronutrients can thus be overcome easily by fortification of the presently manufactured N/P/NP/NPK fertilizers
• Value-added fertilizers can increase crop yields by 14 to 17 percent compared with same amount of traditional fertilizers.
CF & FF:- holistic nutrition solution
• In north western India, secondary nutrients (S) and micronutrients (Zn, B, Fe, Mn) deficiencies are reported, which can be tackled with the use of value added fertilizers
• Although, K is sufficiently available, K response was found better after application of customized fertilizers
• The soil survey of India reported in many areas soils and ground water were affected by nitrate pollution (Handa 1986; Kakar 2008; Rawat and Singh 2010). Thus, it is quite essential to avoid overuse and go for usage of fertilizers as per the demand of crop.
These reports have been made by me and my classmates at IBA Karachi. The sole purpose of putting these reports here is to help the free flow of knowledge .
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1. Fertilizer Marketing, Distribution and Pricing in Bangladesh
Mohammad Jahangir Alam, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Agribusiness and Marketing
Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
E-mail: alambau2003@yahoo.com
Presentation prepared for the International Conference ‘Agricultural Transformation in
Asia: Policy Options for Food and Nutrition Security’ -ReSAKSS-Asia Organized by IFPRI
in partnership with Cambodia Development Resource Institute
1
This presentation is a part of contribution of CASEED with IFPRI- Dhaka
Apsara Angkor Resort & Conference Center
Siem Reap, Cambodia; September, 2013
2. 2
Introduction
Chemical fertilizers contributed significantly to the increase of
crop production in Bangladesh
Soil health has deteriorated in recent years due mainly to
imbalanced use of fertilizers
Urea is used in disproportionate/over dosages, while TSP & MoP
are used in much lower dosages than the requirement
Imbalanced use of chemical fertilizers is a consequence of lack
of appropriate knowledge of the farmers regarding the crop
specific dosages
Fertilizers are sometimes unavailable to farmers due to
Unavailability of required fertilizers in time
Higher price &
Defective distribution system
3. 3
Rationale of the study
Perspective Plan (GoB, 2012) envisages a growth rate of GDP to
8% in 2015, and to provide reduction of unemployment &
poverty
To achieve this growth agriculture must grow by at least 4-
4.5%/year (MoA, 2010).
This is presumably possible through an increase in agricultural
productivity based on balanced use of modern yield increasing
inputs.
BUT since the country has experienced repeated sadness in the
distribution & marketing, the government made some changes
in polices & reorganized marketing & distribution system
Thus, fertilizer availability, its prices & subsidies remain
important for the policy makers
4. 4
Objectives of the study
Keeping in mind the crucial issues the study was undertaken
with the following objectives:
1. To review of production, import, distribution, marketing &
pricing system of fertilizer in Bangladesh
2. To assess fertilizer allocation & distribution procedures and
its availability at farm level
3. To determine resource poor farmers’ accessibility to fertilizer
use
5. 5
Data and Data Collection
Reviewed existing rules, regulations and policies
Key Informant Interviews: With officials of MoA, BCIC,
BADC, DAE along with dealer`s representatives, farmers
representatives & officials of local administration
Focus Group Discussion: Farmers, traders and concerned
officials
Case Studies: Dealers, retailers & private sector importers for
understanding of the distribution system
Consultative Workshop at Dhaka: Opinions of various
stakeholders involved in fertilizer distribution, policy making,
implementing & monitoring of fertilizer distribution
7. 7
Table 1 : Growth rates of fertilizer consumption (1984-85 to 2011-12)
Year Total Consumption Urea TSP MoP
1984/85-2011/12 4.17 4.24 1.80 7.12
1984/85-1994/95 6.34 6.75 -33.31 2.39
1984/85-1989/90 8.05 8.31 5.46 8.97
1990/91-1994/95 3.65 5.57 -74.69 0.59
1995/96-1999/00 1.22 0.92 2.35 1.099
2000/01-2004/05 4.37 3.28 2.84 1.95
2005/06-2011/12 1.35 0.70 3.44 7.54
Consumption growth was the lowest during the years of intensive
intervention in the distribution system in recent years (1.35%)
Rate was the highest during the OMS of the late eighties (8.05%)
8. 8
Figure 2: Percent contribution of soil and fertilizer on rice yield
In 1985-86, fertilizers contributed 36% to the total soil fertility
where as in 2002-07 it increased to 40%
Indicates the degradation of soil fertility over time
9. Figure 3 : Domestic production of fertilizers (`000 m. tons)
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
Production('000mt)
Urea TSP
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
Import('000mt)
Urea TSP MOP
Figure 4 : Import of fertilizers (‘000 m. tons)
9
10. 10
Figure 5 : Quantity of urea produced & imported by BCIC (2006-12)
Urea production & import in Bangladesh is solely controlled by BCIC
In recent years, the quantity of urea produced by BCIC has declined,
while the quantity imported increased significantly imposing a
pressure on foreign currency reserve
11. 11
Table 3 : Liberalization of fertilizer sector at a glance
Fertilizer Marketing and Distribution
Year Areas of reform Measures
1992 Privatization of
import
Government excluded fertilizers from the list of
restricted imports & allowed private sector to import.
Subsidy was withdrawn completely & importation &
distribution was made open
1995 Reversal of urea
marketing policy
OMS experienced a setback in 1995 with severe urea
crisis. Government decided to bring the market under its
direct control to mitigate the crisis
2006 Price
intervention
Subsidy on imported fertilizers introduced
2008 Reform in
dealership
Provision was made for appointing at least 1 dealer in
each union
2009 Appointment of
sub-dealers
Provision for appointment of 3 sub-dealers in each
union was made. Farmers’ register, distribution card &
distribution register was introduced
2010 Open sale Fertilizer distribution card & distribution register are no
longer required
2012 Heavy subsidy Subsidies on TSP, MoP & DAP were introduced
12. 12
MoA
DAE DFSMC
UFSMC
PSI- GodownBADC -GodownBCIC-Godown
Fertilizer Dealers
Retailers
Farmers
Figure 6: Present structure of distribution channels of fertilizer
13. 13
Fertilizer Pricing and Subsides
Ministerial committee fixes common sales prices of different fertilizers
On Dec. 1992, explicit subsides on fertilizers were totally removed.
Later, due to a sharp increase in world prices, subsides were
reintroduced in 2006
Currently, the amount of subsidies are higher in all types of fertilizers
imported from outside the country or produced domestically at home
Year/Date Urea TSP MOP DAP
1st June/2011 - Till date 20
24 October/2010 - Till Date 22 15 27
02 November/2009 - 23 October/ 2010 22 25 30
14 January/2009 - 1st November/2009 40 35 45
1st November/2008 - 13 January/2009 80 70 90
10 June/2008 - 31 May/2011 12
14. 14
Table 4: Fertilizer-Paddy price ratio & the ratio of domestic to world prices
Year Fertilizer-Paddy price
ratio1
Ratio of domestic to world
prices of fertilizer2
2004-05 0.65 0.48
2005-06 0.71 0.46
2006-07 0.87 0.57
2007-08 0.77 0.47
2008-09 1.02 0.31
2009-10 0.76 0.58
2010-11 0.65 0.49
2011-12 1.21 0.47
1. Based on average retail price of fertilizers & average growers’ price of paddy
2. Based on average retail price of fertilizers & average import parity price,
weighted by consumption of different types of fertilizers
15. 15
Subsidy on Fertilizer
Currently the government subsidy on fertilizers accounts for
about 6% of total public expenditure
Lead to an “inefficient” allocation of resources (farmers may
use much of fertilizers due to its low price)
Poor farmer, who use sub-optimal dose of fertilizer due to its
high pricing & liquidity constraint, has the justification to get
fertilizer subsidies
BUT Large farmers may lose this ground
Universal subsidies given for fertilizers are distorting prices
and draining out scarce government fiscal resources
16. 16
Table 5: Subsidy on fertilizer by 0rganization (Crore Taka)
Year PSI BADC BCIC Others Total
2007-08 242.77 150.78 3193.60 308.56 3895.71
2008-09 483.53 287.88 4273.53 381.54 5426.48
2009-10 682.67 1347.98 1978.78 912.80 4922.23
2010-11 1693.86 1245.95 2697.25 62.93 5699.99
2011-12 3825.17 2547.23 5036.68 47.61 11456.68
Total 6928.00 5579.82 17179.84 1713.44 31401.10
36%
20%15%
29%
TSP DAP MoP Urea
Figure 7: Subsidy on Fertilizer
by commodity(%) (2011-12)
17. 17
Resource poor farmers accessibility to fertilizer use
1/3 of small & marginal farmers use fertilizers in their
crop fields. Use more urea & TSP than MoP and DAP.
Percentage of farmers experiencing deficit in fertilizer
use is higher in these categories than in other categories
Main reason for such deficit was the lack of cash to
purchase fertilizer
Such findings make a strong case for targeted cash
subsidy to small farmers instead of universal subsidy
18. 18
Table 6: Regulations & gaps identified relating to fertilizer marketing &
distribution
Policy/
Regulations
Gaps identified
Fertilizer dealer
appointment and fertilizer
distribution related
coordinated policies-2009
1) Distortion is created in fertilizer market and
pricing by public interventions
2) Existing GOB fertilizer distribution system &
regulations often impedes the private dealers
from effective operations & does not serve
farmers in remote areas
Fertilizer demand
assessment of GOB
1) The GoB fertilizer demand assessment is
centrally determined and is not need based
Import restriction of
fertilizer
1) Monopoly import of urea fertilizer
2) BADC and private importers import the
required quantity of TSP, MoP and DAP from
different countries and sources
3) Import of fertilizers fully depends on MOA's
allotment & permission
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Distortion of fertilizer marketing & pricing need to be
corrected through progressive liberalization of the system
Monopoly of BCIC in urea import should not be continued &
longer in future. In this case, a public-private partnership
may be useful
Annual fertilizer demand should be assessed very carefully. A
bottom-up method of demand assessment should be
followed depending on total cropped area, cropping pattern,
cropping season and fertilizer requirement per unit of land
Way forwards