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Africa’s agriculture transformation is key to ensure food Today is the 100th anniversary of the formation of OCP
security and the end of hunger and malnutrition to the Group of Morocco, a world leading phosphate provider.
continent, while increasing farmers productivity and Its subsidiary, OCP Africa was created in 2016 to best serve
providing agriculture sustainability. Lower than optimal the sustainable development of Africa’s agriculture and is
fertilizer consumption, poor access to finance and slow the Platinum Sponsor of the portal, having supported the
adoption of new technologies and innovative business production of Africa Fertilizer Maps since 2018. OCP Africa
are some of the challenges that Africa is facing. More provides fertilizer solutions customized to local conditions
investments, improved knowledge and information, and crop needs, works with African governments, non-
better availability of fertilizers and balanced plant profits and private enterprises to connect farmers to the
nutrition, enhanced agronomic advice and cooperation agricultural services, knowledge, and resources they need
with farmers are needed, as well as a holistic and joint in order to prosper.
intervention of the private and public sectors, to lead a
cost-effective African Green Revolution. The African Fertilizer Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP)
is the silver sponsor of the Africa Fertilizer Map. AFAP
The Africa Fertilizer Map portal aims to be a gateway implements sustainable development projects and
to African fertilizer data. It displays imports/exports, advises public, private sector clients, NGOs, and donors
manufacturing and blending plants and projects, on policies and market-driven business solutions in the
consumption figures, as well as shares the various agriculture inputs and agribusiness value chain.
initiatives that are being deployed by a number of different
players for the development of African agriculture.

The web and interactive site has been developed by The Africa Fertilizer Map is sponsored by
Antonella Harrison, through her company Astrategia, in
partnership with AfricanFertilizer.org (AFO), a major data
provider of fertilizer statistics, hosted by the International
Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), and with the
participation and data sharing of International Fertilizer
Association (IFA), African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI),
African Union (AUC), Alliance for a Green Revolution in
Africa (AGRA) and United Nation Economic Commission
for Africa (UNECA).

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