Africa: OCP defends soil health at the UN

This week in Nairobi, Kenya, the world’s leading forum on environmental issues, the United Nations Environment Assembly is holding its sixth biennial meeting to set the global environmental agenda.

Bringing together more than 4,000 participants from 193 Member States, as well as representatives from international organizations, the private sector, academia and the media, the event focuses on the triple global crises of climate change, pollution , biodiversity loss and land degradation.

OCP plays a leading role at the conference in championing the critical role of soil health in meeting these challenges while feeding the world’s growing population.

Under the theme “Cultivating soil health: pillar of Africa’s resilience in the face of the triple planetary crisis”, OCP co-organized an official side event with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Kenya. Morocco occupies the essential role of president of the conference, demonstrating the global leadership of Morocco and the OCP on these vital issues.

The side event brought together key stakeholders to strategize on effective, inclusive and sustainable solutions to global environmental challenges, with a particular focus on agriculture and soil health in Africa. The discussion proved to be an invaluable opportunity for dialogue and collaboration.

Prominent speakers at the event included senior representatives from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the United Nations Environment Program and the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization, as well as OCP itself.

More broadly, OCP Group experts were also actively involved in some of the many other events organized around the main conference, notably through contributions from OCP’s Chief Innovation Officer, Dr. Leonardus Vergutz, and Karimi Thuranira, OCP Kenya country manager.

OCP is taking these exceptional opportunities to communicate to policymakers around the world the key lessons it has learned from its more than 100 years of experience and innovation as a global leader in phosphate mining and health solutions. soils and plant nutrition.

The OCP promotes accelerated action, based on collaborative partnerships among all stakeholders – including, most fundamentally, Africa’s smallholder farmers – to revitalize soil health, rehabilitate degraded lands and ecosystems, combat against climate change, boosting rural incomes and development and ensuring food security. for future generations.