{"id":257808,"date":"2016-10-13T11:48:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T11:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=257808"},"modified":"2016-10-13T11:48:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T11:48:12","slug":"dangote-fertilizer-to-push-crop-production-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/dangote-fertilizer-to-push-crop-production-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangote Fertilizer to push crop production up"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ghanaian farmers will soon benefit from the import of cheap fertilizer from the Dangote Group of companies in Nigeria, as the firm constructs the biggest fertilizer plant in the world located in Lagos State.<\/p>\n
The two-line Dangote Fertilizer Complex, consisting of Amonia and Urea plants, will have a total production capacity of three million tons per annum to feed countries in the West African sub-region.<\/p>\n
By this, the reduction in prices is expected to positively impact on crop production of \u00a0cash crop and subsistence farmers.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi Business News<\/strong> after a tour of the project site in Lekki, Lagos State, the General Manager of Dangote Fertilizer, Anurag Jaiswal stated that the $2 billion project when completed in December 2017, will have a substantial impact on crop output in West Africa.<\/p>\n