Nigeria is set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Morocco’s OCP Africa and Ground Truth Analytics on Friday, marking the country’s first major international technology partnership focused on agricultural planning intelligence.
A Presidential Food Systems Coordination Unit official said the initiative marks a shift in how the country approaches agricultural planning, stressing that the future of agriculture depends not only on improved inputs but also stronger data intelligence.
The partnership follows an earlier deployment by the coordination unit of state coordinators across 13 pilot states to strengthen intelligence gathering on agricultural production patterns, after a mass abandonment of rice cultivation earlier this year caused over N93 billion in cumulative farmer losses.
OCP Africa, the continental arm of Morocco’s OCP Group, is ranked the world’s largest phosphate exporter and a major fertiliser manufacturer with operations across at least 30 African countries, while Ground Truth Analytics specialises in satellite based crop monitoring.
The Nigerian delegation to Morocco includes representatives from the Office of the Vice President, the coordination unit, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice.
The partnership comes three years after President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency on food security in July 2023, as Nigeria continues efforts to stabilise agricultural production and reduce farmer losses nationwide.
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