At a mere 1kg of nutrient per hectare per year, Uganda has the lowest fertilizer use in the world. As if that was not bad enough for an agricultural country, prices of fertilizers here cost ten times more than on international markets. For East African comparison purposes, Kenya’s fertilizer use stands at 32kg/ha, Rwanda – 29kg/ha and Tanzania – 6kg/ha. The ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries now says; fertilizer use should in fact be as high as 200kg/ha per year - way above the 2006 Abuja declaration recommendation of 9kg/ha per year. Komayombi Bulegeya, Commissioner Crop Protection Ministry of Agriculture says that figure was reached at after a feasibility study across the country and that the old recommendations are now “outdated”. Besides, the country’s soils are not getting any more fertile. Agricultural growth is stuck at two per cent while the population is rapidly growing at 3.2 per cent. Soon Uganda will not be able to meet the food demands of h