Chakib Jenane from the World Bank said: "Fertilizers are responsible for about 50% of our global production of food."
CNBC visited a mine in Ben Guerir, Morocco owned by OCP – the largest producer of phosphates in the world.
Ilias El Fali, the chief operating officer at OCP, said that the African continent holds the key to global food security.
The average the yields in Africa are a quarter of the global average.
Watch the video to learn more about phosphates and their significance to the food on our tables, and the energy transition.
Persons:
Jenane, Ilias El Fali
Organizations:
World Bank, CNBC, OCP –
Locations:
Ben Guerir, Morocco, Africa