Morocco’s state-owned phosphate OCP Group has provided Rwanda 15,000 tons of Diammonium Phosphate (DAP) in a solidarity move to help farmers of this African country maintain productivity amid a serious global supply shortage, leading to record high fertilizer prices. According to press reports, OCP Group pledged to supply Rwanda with additional 17,000 tons DAP fertilizer at a discounted price within the frame of the Group’s initiative to empower African farmers and ensure African food sovereignty. “With the impacts of the Ukraine war on fertilizer prices and drought in Eastern Africa, the situation has become unbearable for small farmers and disastrous for food security,” said Head of OCP Africa, a subsidiary of the state-owned Moroccan phosphate group (OCP). OCP Africa works hand in hand with farmers to help grow the agricultural potential of the African continent through solutions adapted to local conditions and to the needs of soils and crops. OCP Africa is present in Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Cameroon, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Benin, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Rwanda.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 18, 2022 22:55 UTC