Fertilizer Bulk Blending Guide :Harmonized Guidelines of Good Practice For Quality Control Across West Africa
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2022-11
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The Fertilizer Bulk Blending Guide is a repertoire of uniform best practices and critical principles on quality fertilizer blending. This technical document provides blenders of the region with the information they need to produce blended fertilizer grades that meet ECOWAS’ and internationally accepted standards, while remaining environmentally friendly and profitable.
The aims of this manual are to:
1. Be a standardized reference tool for best practices for quality bulk blending in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner.
2. Increase awareness and encourage participation of all relevant stakeholders to ensure its implementation and regional uniformity.
The objectives of this manual are to:
1. Detail how quality blends are to be produced at the best location, using the right business plan, compatible materials, and most efficient process.
2. Illustrate methods for calculating fertilizer blend formulas.
3. Provide foundational guidelines for storage of raw materials, finished blends, dispatch of produced blends, accounting and record keeping.
4. Emphasize the essence of a proper quality control system in a bulk blending operation.
5. Provide indicative templates, forms and technical documents that are required for fertilizer blending.
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