Argus Africa Fertilizer

The OCP Jorf Lasfar chemical platform is the largest fertilizer complex in the world.

With JFC 2, the African Fertilizer Complex, the JFC 3, and the JFC 4 production unit brought fertilizer production capacity to 12 million metric tons per year in 2018, making OCP the largest fertilizer exporter in the world. 

Connected to the Slurry Pipeline, JFC 4 will be fully integrated and have its own thermoelectric plant. These plants not only make Jorf Lasfar completely energy self-sufficient, they also create an energy surplus that fuels the complex’s sea water desalination station. 

7:00 Depart from Four Seasons Marrakech

Benguerir Mine 

Benguerir mine is an open-pit phosphate mine located in the Western part of the Gantour deposit.

Since 1965, the site has been the subject of a series of reconnaissance and upgrading geological surveys so much so that the site development plan has been designed to allow a progressive extension of the production capacity. After extraction, the production at Benguerir is carried on trucks and trains either to the chemical industries operations in Safi or to the treatment plant in Youssoufia

Followed by:

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P)

Founded for research purposes, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University based in Benguerir is an exceptional environment for state-of-the-art training and academic excellence. 
Open to the business world, the University focuses its higher education model entirely on innovation and experimentation and turned towards Africa, which aims to place among the universally recognized universities in these fields.

Transport will be provided.

"AL MOUTMIR" program conveys OCP's commitment to the development of a prosperous and sustainable agriculture. This program includes a multitude of offers, services and solutions best in class deployed closer to farmers.

Centered on the farmer as a real agent of change, "AL MOUTMIR" is an agile and integrated program that translates the OCP offer based on extension services driven by a scientific approach and innovation. It includes, mobile operating soil analysis laboratories deployed in the various provinces supported by the program, a demonstration platform program, and training sessions on best agricultural practices. « Al Moutmir »  is carried by a team of agricultural engineers established permanently in more than 30 provinces in the Kingdom. The ICT are at the heart of all the initiatives as a key lever to foster agriculture transformation.

• Reception / exchange with the teams and video presentation of the Al Moutmir program

• Visit of the "knowledge of soil needs" space: soil sampling workshops, itinerant soil analysis laboratory, explanations of soil analyzes, presentation of the soil fertility map and recommendations for fertilization
• Visit of the audiovisual projection area: didactic videos developed for the benefit of the farmer (reasoned fertilization, soil analyzes ...)
• Visit of the product area: presentation of the partnership OCP / partner producers and distributors of fertilizer, presentation of the blending process and exchange with distributors + exhibition products 
  
  
• Visit of the "digital technology at the service of farmers » space: presentation of new technologies such as SoilOptix, presentation of the profitability simulator, retrospective of previous editions of the device 
• Visit of the space « outreach team »: meeting and exchange with the team of the agronomists engineers, presentation of the demonstration platform device
  
  
• Production demonstration of adapted NPKs from the Smart Blender (NPK fertilizer production unit): presentation of the on-board fertilization recommendation tool, demonstration of production of NPK adapted on site
  
   

Bring your business cards for this session of rapid meetings – you will have 2 mins to speak to each participant before moving on to the next person every time the bell rings

Moderated by: Rob Groot, Director, Global Field Programs, IFDC
Karim Lotfi Senhadji, Chief Executive Officer, OCP Africa
Dr Harold Roy-Macauley, Director General, AfricaRice
Martin Fregene, Director of Agriculture and Agro-Industry Department, African Development Bank

- Assessing new investment in fertilizer production
- The potential for new regional capacity to fulfil local demand
- Closing the gap with increased intra-regional trade and a robust supply chain

Moderated by Aida Idrissi, Principal Consulting, Fertilizers, Argus

Panellists include: Balbir Singh, Head Business Development and Agronomy, Indorama
Raghav Mathur, Director, Projects, Dangote Industries
Tariye Isoun Gbadegesin, Head, Heavy Industries & Telecoms, Africa Finance Corporation

- How government interventions impact on the fertilizer sector in Africa
- Improving access to market information of availability and cost of fertilizers
- Developing markets with a robust supply chain and high quality, affordable fertilizers

Dr Rebbie Harawa, Head of Soil Fertility & Fertilizer Systems, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

Panelists include:
Carlos Zandamela, President, AMOFERT
Elizabeth Nsimadala, Board Member, Pan Africa Farmers Organization (PAFO) and Regional President, The Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF)
Fatiha Charradi, Vice President, Agricultural Development - Domestic Market, OCP Group
Tim Durgan, Senior Project Manager, AFAP

- Innovative financing models for sustainable growth
- Prospects for private sector investment

Marie Claire Kalihangabo, AFFM Coordinator, Africa Development Bank
Nassirou Ba, Economic Affairs Officer, UNECA

Innocent Okuku, Vice President, WAFA
Pierre Brunache, Founder and CEO, MyAgricSpace LLC
Julie Beguedou Essobileoua, CEO, Elisee Cotrane