The OCP group asserts its status as a project supporter in agriculture. This is also one of the flagship initiatives that the phosphatier is highlighting during this 12th edition of SIAM. Indeed, OCP is taking stock of its investment fund, better known under the name Innovation Fund for Agriculture (IFFA).
An investment fund created in 2012, which is dedicated to promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector. In April 2017, 6 companies benefited from support from the investment fund.
Two companies are currently being invested. These are Unidrip and Shams. According to an executive at OCP, the overall investment is 230 million DH, of which 90 million DH comes from the fund. These projects result in the creation of no less than 400 direct jobs and 2,100 indirect induced positions, including more than 1,800 farmers. On incubation projects, OCP provides support and support at different levels.
“This value proposition translates into expert services for the benefit of innovative projects, which provide continuous support and which are sponsored and financed by OCP,” he explains to the phosphatier. The sponsored expert services, for the benefit of the fund’s holdings, aim to further consolidate and strengthen the selected projects. The aim is to offer project leaders a stimulating and reassuring framework which provides them with the means to carry out bold actions.
These incubation services, which result in support from several experts, act to strengthen the capacities of the promoter and the structure and encourage the emergence of a community of exchanges around participations. The expertise covers 4 key areas: production, industrial tools, valorization & support professions.
In total, 6 projects have been invested and 2 new structures selected are currently being invested. Overall, the findings of OCP supporters highlight a strong mobilization for the modernization, valorization and marketing of agricultural products.
Prickly pears, cooperatives, irrigation…
?Agri-Data: This is a structure specializing in the development and marketing of an agricultural ERP dedicated to agricultural and agri-food operations, as well as the deployment of big data for efficient agriculture.
? GlobalVET:It is a company specializing in the development, production and marketing of formulas of additives and nutritional supplements with high added value for livestock.
? Inovag Processing:This firm operates in the Rhamna region. It specializes in the production and marketing of products derived from the prickly pear: oil, silage, fruits, vinegar, fibers and juice.
? Copag/Shams: This project involves the construction and operation of a solar power plant covering 20% of energy needs in a sustainable manner on behalf of Copag, the largest cooperative in Morocco (milk and juice).
? Safrolat (Fkih Ben Salah):It is a processing and marketing unit for dairy products (milk, lben, yogurt, raibi, cheeses, etc.) which sources its supplies from small breeders in the Fkih Ben Salah region. The project generates around a hundred jobs and integrates an aggregation of 1,500 breeders.
? Free-range chicken (Youssoufia): This is an integrated poultry unit focused on free-range chicken. This project (ongoing) includes a hatchery, a feed unit, breeding and slaughtering in the Youssoufia region. It integrates an aggregation of more than 100 breeders with the organization of the sector into cooperatives.
? Unidrip:It is an industrial company manufacturing all items of drip irrigation and installing irrigation systems nationwide. This project (in progress) will be deployed in Agadir, Meknes, Oujda and Khouribga.
? Atlas Aranib: This project based in Marrakech has enabled the development and modernization of the rabbit industry in Morocco through the breeding of breeding rabbits, the creation of laboratories and the introduction of rabbit fattening and slaughtering techniques.
? Bononi:It is a unit for the promotion and marketing of local agricultural products within the framework of sustainable partnerships with agricultural cooperatives.
? Nursery: Green space development and works company with a nursery for the production of plants intended for mining rehabilitation and ornamental markets (ongoing project).
source: leconomiste
