By Philip Yatai
The OCP Africa Fertiliser Nigeria Ltd. on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with three research institutes in Nigeria to solve soil fertility problems and boost wheat production.
The MoU was signed at the Inception Workshop organised by OCP Africa to inaugurate the Soil Mapping and Fertility Evaluation for Formulation and Validation of Wheat Specific Fertilizer in Nigeria project.
Mr Caleb Usoh, OCP Africa Nigeria Deputy Managing Director and Country Manager, said at the event in Kaduna, that the project would address the problem of soil and its effect on wheat production.
Usoh, who was represented by the organisations Business Development Manager, Nigeria, Mr Akintunde Akinwande, said that OCP Africa had signed a similar MoU with the Nigeria Institute of Soil Science.
Today, we are here to sign another MoU with three prominent research institutions in the country to collectively proffer solutions to soil fertility vis--vis wheat production.
We are partnering with Lake Chad Research Institute, Maiduguri, with a mandate to improve wheat production in Nigeria and the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR