Soil Health Investments Are Central To Africa's Food System Transformation Bid : Africa
The African Food Summit has ended on a positive note with great discussions and strong commitments made by key stakeholders. It is now time for action. It is crucial to build an action-driven agenda to meet the escalating challenge of food security in Africa.
It is against this backdrop that we at OCP Africa, a subsidiary of the OCP Group, a global leader in plant nutrition and the world's largest producer of phosphate - based fertilizers, derived a relief program to alleviate the situation, particularly for Africa's smallholder farmers. Throughout 2022, we provided 550,000 tons of phosphate-based fertilizer to farmers in Africa, a third of which were donations, and the rest offered at discounted prices.
We are especially keen on ensuring the supply of P fertilizers, following research showing that 99.7% of Africa's soils are deficient of phosphorous, and that the continent's application of P fertilizers needs to increase by 8-12 times to achieve self-sufficiency in maize production by 2050.
Several customization programs have been developed to serve best the soil and crop needs based on constantly updated soil and fertility analyses, in addition to integrated soil health management ones addressing the major issues of soils in Africa such as acidity, salinity and biodiversity. These programs are always taking into consideration, economic, agronomic, social, and environmental rationale.
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