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Morocco'sWorld'sAfricaMoroccanPolisario FrontMauritania1975Spain'sFisheries1956FertilizerFarmersConflictAlgeria2023ProducerOrganicRiotsIndependenceTechnologicalThreaten2021ExportStableConstitutionalInhabitantsYearIndiaSudanProductionShareExportsJordanPeopleSouthScopePowersGlobalProductTerritoryResourcesRailRemainsOperationsShipCurrentInvestmentCountryEuropeanFishSectorQuarterEconomicMillion
Morocco's3
  • Gantour is made up of two mining facilities, Benguerir and Youssoufia and holds the second largest amount of Morocco's phosphate reserves, 37% of the total. (wikipedia.org)
  • The scope of recovery in Europe as Morocco's main export market is playing a pivotal role. (atradius.it)
  • A major factor determining the pace of the rebound will be the scope of recovery in Europe, Morocco's main export market. (atradius.it)
World's5
  • Founded in 1920, the company has grown to become the world's largest producer of phosphate and phosphate-based products and it is one of the largest phosphate, fertilizer, Chemicals and Mineral industrial companies in the world by revenue. (wikipedia.org)
  • OCP has access to more than 70% of the world's phosphate rock reserves. (wikipedia.org)
  • Initially a mining company, OCP diversified in 1965 to become a phosphate processor, making it the world's largest fertilizer manufacturer. (wikipedia.org)
  • First, Morocco has about 75% of the world's reserves of phosphate-a major and critical ingredient in fertilizers, Kubursi notes. (gfmag.com)
  • In the past Angola has proved to be a world power in terms of agricultural production and at one point was the world's fourth largest coffee producer though this is not the case anymore. (africa2trust.com)
Africa5
  • In February 2016, the OCP Group created a new subsidiary named OCP Africa, which is responsible for leading the development of the group in the African fertilizer market through a network of subsidiaries in 12 African countries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Algeria is sandwiched between Tunisia and Morocco on the north coast of Africa on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. (istizada.com)
  • A territory lying in North-Western Africa, Western Sahara borders Morocco in the north, Algeria in the north-east, Mauritania in the east and in the south, and its north-western coast borders the Atlantic Ocean. (techsb.ca)
  • Whilst most conflict over resources in North Africa are emerging over the scarcity of resources such as water , the Western Sahara conflict has the potential to be revived over the presence of valuable resources such as fisheries and phosphate. (techsb.ca)
  • Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa . (explained.today)
Moroccan6
  • After approval from the AMMC ((Moroccan Authority of the Capital Market) Autorité Marocaine du Marché des Capitaux) on December 9, 2016, the OCP Group managed to reach 10.2 billion dirhams of bonds from the national community. (wikipedia.org)
  • This loan is the largest ever made in the Moroccan market. (wikipedia.org)
  • To date, large parts of Western Sahara are controlled by the Moroccan Governmentand known as the Southern Provinces, whereas some 20% of the Western Sahara territory remains controlled by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). (techsb.ca)
  • 1988: The Order of the Minister of Maritime Fisheries and the Merchant Navy No 1154-88 was instituted.This decree sets the minimum market size of the species fished in Moroccan waters. (techsb.ca)
  • The area 446550km2 excludes all disputed territories, while 710850km2 includes the Moroccan-claimed and partially-controlled parts of Western Sahara (claimed as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic by the Polisario Front ). (explained.today)
  • The region constituting Morocco has been inhabited since the Paleolithic era over 300,000 years ago, and the first Moroccan state was established by Idris I in 788. (explained.today)
Polisario Front2
  • The judicial activism in a relatively uncharted area in this field, external relations, was analyzed through a qualitative case study of the CJEU case Polisario Front , concerning the application of a EU trade agreement to the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara. (lu.se)
  • Another security issue is the conflict in the Western Sahara between Morocco and the Polisario Front, with fighting recently breaking out again, ending a 29-year old ceasefire. (atradius.it)
Mauritania1
19751
  • Sahara since 1975. (lu.se)
Spain's1
  • The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was proclaimed on 27 February 1976 to fill the legal vacuum in the context of Spain's unfulfilled obligation to lead the territory of Western Sahara to its decolonisation, and the withdrawal of the Spanish administration from the territory. (techsb.ca)
Fisheries3
  • The former Legal Counsel to the UN Security Counsel, Mr. Hans Corell, comments on the EU's fisheries activities in Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • The aquaculture company Gümüşdoğa turns the meal into valuable fisheries products for the European market. (wsrw.org)
  • The government with assistance from the World Bank, has set up the Angolan Support Fund for Fisheries Development. (africa2trust.com)
19561
  • Following intermittent riots and revolts against colonial rule, in 1956, Morocco regained its independence and reunified. (explained.today)
Fertilizer3
  • The OCP Group (OCP S.A.) (formerly Office Chérifien des Phosphates) is a state-owned phosphate rock miner, phosphoric acid manufacturer and fertilizer producer. (wikipedia.org)
  • Gross margin contributions from all three nutrients were negatively affected by a challenging fertilizer market. (einpresswire.com)
  • While this volatility does not change the long-term underlying fundamentals of fertilizer demand, it did significantly slow market activity and our ability to deliver the results we expected. (einpresswire.com)
Farmers4
  • The poorest nations cannot compete with EU farmers, either when trying to export to the EU, or in competition in other markets with EU produce. (globalchange.com)
  • Most developing nations have stepped up support for their own farmers, building better roads to market, subsidising seeds and fertilisers and providing safety nets to the poorest growers. (globalchange.com)
  • The company works with 35000+ fish and shrimp farmers using artificial intelligence (AI) predictive tools for better farm productivity and connects them with formal finance, insurers, and processors to improve Indian aquaculture value chain efficiency. (agriculturepost.com)
  • Currently, in addition to a farm advisory and a digital store for farm care inputs and equipment, Aquaconnect creates efficient market linkage for farmers to connect value chain players and get formal finance, insurance and sell their harvest produce. (agriculturepost.com)
Conflict4
  • A Japanese-Canadian vessel that transported conflict phosphate from occupied Western Sahara was yesterday received by a floating protest in New Zealand. (wsrw.org)
  • The bay of Mogán at Gran Canary Island will next week be covered in conflict sand from occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • Therefore the potential in Angola is enormous, although the success of the sector depends directly upon the outcome of the civil conflict.The government in Angola has made the rehabilitation of coffee plantations a priority. (africa2trust.com)
  • The Western Sahara faces new hostilities, and the conflict is turning to a resource-based one. (techsb.ca)
Algeria1
  • It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east , and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south . (explained.today)
20231
  • On 8 September 2023, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 Mw hit Marrakesh-Safi region of Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
Producer1
  • This was the case during the third quarter, particularly in offshore potash markets, where significant purchases were delayed as Russian producer pronouncements left buyers waiting in anticipation of weaker prices. (einpresswire.com)
Organic1
  • 2014:Decree No ° 2-13-359 was approved, overseeing the organic production of agricultural and aquatic products. (techsb.ca)
Riots1
Independence2
  • Polisario Front1, the liberation movement of Western Sahara, had fought to claim its independence but failed to do so. (lu.se)
  • Since independence, Morocco has remained relatively stable. (explained.today)
Technological2
  • In 2014, the OCP Group inaugurated the slurry pipeline linking Khouribga to Jorf Lasfar, a technological advancement in the transportation of phosphates. (wikipedia.org)
  • How are technological disruptions revolutionising agricultural practices in India? (agriculturepost.com)
Threaten1
  • Remote work trends threaten debt-loaded developers, but give companies leverage to lower real estate costs. (gfmag.com)
20211
  • By 2021, the new Sudanese government began having second thoughts about the deal and sought new terms that included economic aid ( The Arab Weekly , September 16, 2021). (aberfoylesecurity.com)
Export4
  • Transportation of the phosphate to the port of Casablanca also started in 1921, allowing the first export of phosphate that year. (wikipedia.org)
  • Plantations of eucalyptus, cypress and pine which once formed the basis of a small export industry add to a rich agricultural heritage. (africa2trust.com)
  • Gum arabic, a water-soluble gum obtained from acacia trees and used in the production of adhesives, candy, and pharmaceuticals, is an important agricultural export. (aief.info)
  • There is the potential to increase the amount of fish that is sold at market and the possibility of having enough fish available to export, given proper support and development of the fishing industry. (aief.info)
Stable2
  • The political situation is rather stable, with King Mohammed VI holding most political power in his hands, while the powers of the parliament and government are limited. (atradius.it)
  • the fabric of society has been torn asunder, sovereign nations collapse under their own burdens, once stable governments are ushered into revolution and allies of old are thrust into war. (blogspot.com)
Constitutional1
Inhabitants1
  • In 1991, a truce was negotiated with the promise on a referendum on the right to self-determination of Western Saharan inhabitants, the Sahrawi. (lu.se)
Year1
  • With well-developed infrastructure, including 130,000 hotel beds, exotic Morocco attracts more than 10 million tourists each year, injecting about $10 billion into the economy. (gfmag.com)
India3
  • there's no war without trade," the famous quip by Jan Pieterzoon Coen, a leading officer of the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century, not only points to the dark beginnings of capitalism, it also spells out a basic fact: You need money to wage war, loads of it. (cidob.org)
  • Key offshore markets - particularly large contract buyers in China and India - delayed purchases or were reluctant to accept major tonnage against existing contracts. (einpresswire.com)
  • Global phosphate markets were subdued during the quarter, as strong Latin American demand was offset by the continued absence of significant engagement from India and a delayed start to the US fall application season. (einpresswire.com)
Sudan1
  • South Sudan exports timber to the international market. (aief.info)
Production4
  • Mining production began in 1921, when it began extracting phosphate rock at its first mine in Khouribga. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Group's activities are organised into an integrated model covering all operations of the value chain from the extraction of phosphates to the production and marketing of various products including fertilizers and phosphoric acid. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most agricultural production comes from family farming operations, which produce the two staple crops of corn and cassava, as well as beans, rice, and a variety of vegetables and oilseeds such as groundnuts, sesame, and sunflowers. (aief.info)
  • Agricultural production remains Sudan's most important sector, employing 80% of the workforce and contributing 39% of GDP. (aief.info)
Share3
  • The company holds a 31% market share of the world phosphate product market. (wikipedia.org)
  • The market value of our investments in these publicly traded companies equated to approximately $6 billion, or $7 per PotashCorp share, as of market close on October 23, 2013. (einpresswire.com)
  • For one leading pharmaceutical laboratory, success and double-digit sales growth came with a cost: an overburdened supply chain that threatened to reduce market share. (aief.info)
Exports3
  • The value of phosphates and their derivatives represented nearly a quarter of the country's exports and approximately 3.5% of the GDP in 2010. (wikipedia.org)
  • Morocco supplies energy generated from solar sources to Europe via undersea cables, and has ambitious plans to increase these exports. (gfmag.com)
  • That said, the phosphate-mining industry (which accounts for 9% of GDP) held up well, with exports increasing by 4% in 2020. (atradius.it)
Jordan1
  • Our offshore investments in Arab Potash Company (APC) in Jordan, Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) in Chile and Israel Chemical Ltd. (ICL) in Israel contributed $85 million to earnings for the quarter. (einpresswire.com)
People5
  • The group employs nearly 23,000 people in Morocco and a number of international subsidiaries. (wikipedia.org)
  • WSRW asks UN Member States to raise the rights of the people of Western Sahara, for whom Spain continues to bear responsibility. (wsrw.org)
  • Many people have a limiting narrative about life in the Middle East, and tend to lump the countries all together: assuming they all speak Arabic, are majority Muslim, have economies based on oil, and have non-Democratic governments. (istizada.com)
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South2
  • The territory in this case is Western Sahara, South of Morocco, who includes the territory as part of its own country. (lu.se)
  • Oil revenues constitute more than 98% of the government of South Sudan's budget. (aief.info)
Scope1
  • [15] Centuries of Arab migration to the Maghreb since the 7th century shifted the demographic scope of Morocco. (explained.today)
Powers1
  • Protection of persons acting in good faith under this Act from prosecution, suit or other legal proceedings, except with the sanction of the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by this Act. (legacyias.com)
Global3
  • Esta línea estratégica se centra en el análisis y prospectiva de las dinámicas de cooperación y conflicto, así como los actores e instituciones con proyección global. (cidob.org)
  • Esta línea estratégica analiza las ciudades en la gobernanza global, así como los retos socioeconómicos y ambientales de las ciudades. (cidob.org)
  • The need for proper crop nutrition fueled strong demand for potash through the first half of 2013, but an announced change in strategy by Uralkali in late July created considerable market uncertainty and stalled global demand. (einpresswire.com)
Product1
  • have or be range type vs. Each war, each cost in the product Basilica allows to say the company of the ron pricing. (superiorcasecoding.com)
Territory1
  • Morocco also claims Ceuta and Melilla , making up about 22.8km2 more claimed territory. (explained.today)
Resources1
  • The government-controlled resources have meant a large investment into social services. (istizada.com)
Rail3
  • Rock from Benguerir is transported by rail to Safi by ONCF, the national railway company of Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
  • This morning, the New Zealand Rail and Maritime Transport Union issued a statement saying that they will "consider our options around refusing to berth the ship" if phosphate importer Ravensdown does not allow port workers to register their protest with the captain of the ship. (wsrw.org)
  • Ravensdown is "risking potentially disruptive direct action by refusing to allow port workers to register their protest at the importing of Blood Phosphate from the Western Sahara", says the New Zealand Rail and Maritime Transport Union. (wsrw.org)
Remains1
  • Morocco remains vulnerable to the threat of Islamic extremism. (atradius.it)
Operations1
  • In 2010, the Dutch company Fugro promised to never again undertake operations in occupied Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
Ship1
Current1
Investment1
  • This damages their agricultural investment, and prevents them earning currency from one of the main parts of their economies. (globalchange.com)
Country1
  • The 'Alawi dynasty , which rules the country to this day, seized power in 1631, and over the next two centuries expanded diplomatic and commercial relations with the Western world . (explained.today)
European2
  • Agreement, or the Liberalization Agreement, aimed at liberalizing the European imports from Morocco, is also applied to Western Sahara. (lu.se)
  • What this means is that cherry tomatoes from Western Sahara can be sold at the European market labeled as originating from Morocco. (lu.se)
Fish2
  • Fish oil from occupied Western Sahara imported into the Netherlands? (wsrw.org)
  • WSRW has reason to assume that a shipment of fish oil from occupied Western Sahara was discharged this afternoon in the Netherlands. (wsrw.org)
Sector1
  • The third pillar is the agricultural sector, which has provided an estimated 250,000 new jobs during the past 10 years and is targeted for further growth by the World Bank and Morocco government. (gfmag.com)
Quarter1
  • In both the offshore and North American markets, pricing weakened as the quarter progressed. (einpresswire.com)
Economic2
  • The OCP Group plays an important economic and social role in Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
  • The data for the non-Communist countries are from publications of the United Nations, the Organi- zation for Economic Cooperation and Develop- ment (OECD), publications of US Government agencies, unclassified publications of other in- ternational organizations or individual coun- tries, or are estimates of this Office. (cia.gov)
Million1
  • The company raised US$4 million in July in pre-Series A round led by Rebright Partners and Flourish Ventures. (agriculturepost.com)