OCP Africa’s Agribooster Empowers Over 75,000 Farmers

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OCP, one of the leading companies in the global production and exportation of phosphate-based fertilisers is offering farmers an inclusive end-to-end value chain solution that will boost their productivity and revenues.

The scheme is to run across key Agric-belts in Nigeria as the 2020 farming season commences. The company also said the scheme is intended to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on Nigeria’s food security.

The Initiative tagged Agribooster, was launched in 2017, and supports smallholder farmers to get access to good quality farm inputs, financial services, markets, and training with extension services centered on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) while improving the yield and productivity of the farmer.

Speaking on the initiative, the Business Development manager for OCP Africa Nigeria, Mr Akintunde Akinwande said: “This initiative allows sharing of efforts and feeds from each partner’s experiences. Following the decline in agricultural production in Nigeria,…



Source: Leadership Newspaper