Morocco Donates 1,000 Tonnes of DAP Fertilizer to Support Malian Farmers

On Sep 5, 2026

Marrakech – Morocco has delivered 1,000 tonnes of DAP fertilizer to Mali, a contribution aimed at strengthening food security and supporting the country’s farmers. The handover ceremony took place Wednesday in the courtyard of Mali’s Office of Agricultural Products (OPAM) in Bamako.

The event brought together Malian Agriculture Minister Ibrahima Samaké and Morocco’s Ambassador to Mali, Driss Isbayene. Also present were Minister-Commissioner for Food Security Redouwane Ag Mohamed Ali, OPAM Director-General Colonel-Major Moussa Démé, and a representative of Mali’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.

According to Morocco’s embassy in Bamako, which announced the donation on social media, the gesture was decided on the instructions of King Mohammed VI and the President of the Transition, General of the Army Assimi Goïta. The Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI) is carrying out the operation.

The donation concretizes a commitment Morocco made at the fourth Morocco-Mali Joint Grand Commission, held in Bamako on July 24. For Ambassador Isbayene, the move aims to accompany “this brother country” in its efforts to “strengthen food security and develop sustainable agriculture.”

Isbayene pointed to the challenges facing Malian agriculture, a sector confronting “the negative effects of climate change, the lack of water, the degradation of soils.” In this context, he described access to fertilizer as “an important lever” for improving yields, preserving soil fertility, and making better use of farmland.

DAP fertilizer, rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, is generally used at sowing to stimulate root growth in young cereal plants. Agriculture remains central to Mali’s economy, representing between 35% and 40% of gross domestic product and employing roughly 80% of the active population.

The ambassador tied the initiative to OCP Africa’s work across the continent, which supports more than 4 million smallholder farmers. It follows a memorandum of understanding signed in October 2024 between OCP Africa and Mali’s Agriculture Ministry, with World Bank support, to improve soil health and farmers’ access to inputs.

For OPAM’s Moussa Démé, “1,000 tonnes of DAP fertilizer, these are 1,000 tonnes of hope for Malian producers.” He called it “concrete support” that would help farmers improve soil fertility and raise their yields.

Samaké, for his part, reaffirmed Mali’s readiness to deepen cooperation with Morocco in the agrosylvopastoral domain, from seed certification and mechanization to irrigation, agrifood processing, producer training, and technology transfer.

The Foreign Affairs representative, Youssouf Dramane Koné, placed the donation within a broader trajectory. Since April 10 – the date Mali withdrew its recognition of the self-styled “Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic” (SADR) and adopted Rabat’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara – several Moroccan missions have visited the country in the fields of health, agriculture, energy, and water.

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