Rabat -Brazilian Agricultural Research Society (EMBRAPA) has announced the signing of an agreement with the OCP group, including OCP Nutricrops, OCP fertilizer and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P).
The Brazilian company made A out opinion On Monday, the agreement is intended to strengthen research and development in sustainable agriculture.
“This initiative represents the strengthening of common efforts, which benefit both in Brazil and Morocco, countries whose potential to exchange knowledge and development to develop innovative solutions or future scenarios,” the company, President Silvia Massruha, quoted with the Words.
Former Brazilian Minister of Agriculture Roberto Rodrigues was satisfied with the agreement and referred to the challenges of nutritional uncertainty and climate change that affect the communities around the world.
Rodrigues remembered the importance of Brazil as “leader in sustainable tropical technology” and spoke about the advantages of the partnership between Embrapa and Morocco when coping with similar challenges.
“And Morocco is the African country, which has the broadest institutional concerns about agriculture, science and technology. A partnership between a Brazilian company … will certainly achieve unmistakable results. “
The CEO of OCP fertilizer Marco’s Stelzer also expressed the commitment of the OCP Group to promote sustainability and prosperity in agriculture in Brazil, Morocco and around the world.
“At OCP we remain obliged to focus on the needs of rural manufacturers what we do,” said Stelzer, the importance of the combination of knowledge and know-how from the company and state-of-the-art solutions with the globally recognized specialist knowledge of To reaffirm embrapas.
“Our goal is to enable farmers to increase the earnings and nutritional quality of their harvest and to ensure a more resilient and successful future for people and the environment,” added Stelzer.
Youssef El Bari, CEO of OCP Nutricrops, repeated the same feeling of Stelzer, and found that the Master research contract of OCP is for the use of science and innovation to promote sustainable, more resistant and productive agriculture.
“By combining research and industry, this cooperation reflects our common commitment to the development of tailor -made scientific solutions that meet the needs of farmers and contribute to global nutritional security,” added El Bari.
The President of UM6P, Hicham El Habti, surfed that the agreement is part of a “global vision”, in which science and innovation are essential pillars for the sustainable transformation of agricultural systems.
UM6P Also renewed his determination to strengthen the most advanced knowledge and technologies in order to build a “future in which agriculture is a driver of prosperity, resilience and balance for our planet”.
As part of the agreement, the partners try to develop innovative fertilizers, the use of digital agricultural techniques and the biofortification of plants.
The program also tries to facilitate academic exchange and to improve research and students from both countries, added the explanation.
This is in line with OCPThe vision of managing challenges related to nutritional uncertainty in Africa and around the world.
The group has strengthened its position through various programs and initiatives that support nutritional security in Africa and worldwide as well as the use of fertilizers for the income of the continent and soil health.