| Focus on Food
Security IFDC was
established in 1974 to address global food security challenges
through improved use of fertilizers
and related technologies. Since inception, IFDC’s programs have been
science based and sharply focused on
the achievement of enduring solutions to soil fertility management.
With an initial focus on the developing
countries of the tropics and subtropics, IFDC’s target countries
have expanded to include countries in transition
from centrally planned to market-oriented economies.
During the past
three decades, IFDC has been instrumental in improving food security
and in stimulating economic growth in many of the world’s poorest
countries by addressing both supply- and demand-side issues to
increase agricultural sector performance. Agriculture remains
the engine for economic growth in Africa, and many of the countries
in Asia, the former Soviet Union, and Latin America.
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IFDC programs
work to establish policies that are conducive to the development of
competitive markets and expanded trade. Improved agricultural
production systems and agribusiness
development are inextricably linked;