In Sub-Saharan Africa, rural farmers face low soil quality and barriers to market access for critical inputs resulting in low yields and high rates of food insecurity.

Characteristics of Targeted Countries

Large potential for yield increases

Existing agricultural yield gap

Dixon, Boffa, 2012

High cost of market access

Travel time to a market of at least 20k people

Joglekar, Pardey, 2016

Low soil quality and low fertilizer use

Bioavailable phosphorous in soil

Growing Africa, 2022