VIFAA Nigeria – Fertilizer Dashboard Launch
Channel: Development Gateway: An IREX Venture
Date: 23/06/2021

VIFAA was designed to holistically address the supply, demand, and use of fertilizer data at both country and regional levels. 

For more information about VIFAA: https://developmentgateway.org/casestudy/vifaa/
Explore the VIFAA Nigeria Dashboard: https://vifaanigeria.org/

The VIFAA Nigeria Fertilizer Dashboard was launched June 23, 2021 in partnership with IFDC, AfricaFertilizer.org, and AFAP.

Welcome & Prayer
• Professor Victor O. Chude

Welcoming Remarks
• Dr. Audu Grema, Senior Program Officer for Agriculture, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Nigeria
• Engr. Tunde Bello, Director, Farm Inputs Support Services (FISS)

Goodwill Messages 
• Distinguished Senator Dr. Abdullahi Adamu, Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture
• Honourable Representative Mr. Munir Babba Danagundi, Chairman, House Committee on Agricultural Colleges and Institutions
• Mr. Gideon Negedu, Executive Secretary, the Fertilizer Producers & Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN)

Opening Remarks
• Dr. Ernest Umakhihe, Permanent Secretary, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) 

Overview of the Sector
• Scott Wallace, Wallace & Associates

About the VIFAA Program
• Seember Ali, VIFAA Nigeria Program Coordinator, Development Gateway
• Samuel Ali, Fertilizer Market Analyst, International Fertilizer Development Center

Dashboard Demo
• Beverley Hatcher-Mbu, VIFAA Nigeria Project Manager, Development Gateway

Closing Remarks
• Mohammed Salasi Idris, IFDC Country Representative, Nigeria


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In November 2022, AfricaFertilizer (AFO), our partner on the Visualizing Insights on Fertilizer for African Agriculture (VIFAA) program, rebranded and launched a new website. This website includes the integration of country-specific VIFAA dashboards, which were previously housed in separate websites. By integrating the country-specific dashboards as well as fertilizer data on trade, production, consumption, and retail prices for 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the new AFO data allows easier comparative analysis across countries and contributes its quota to the advancement of food security throughout Africa. 
We have updated the previous country-specific dashboards links to now redirect you to AFO’s new website in order to ensure you are accessing the most up-to-date resources.  

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