MOSCOW, June 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Andrey Guryev, the CEO of PhosAgro and President of the Russian
Association of Fertilizer Producers ("RAFP"), has been re-elected
as a member of the Board of Directors for Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the International Fertiliser
Association ("IFA"). The decision was made during the annual
meeting of IFA members at the association's 86th annual conference,
which took place in Berlin, where
more than 1,350 heads of mineral fertilizers companies and
representatives of organisations specialising in plant nutrition
gathered from all corners of the world.
At the conference, '2030 scenarios' were presented, detailing
potential scenarios for the development of the mineral fertilizers
industry, with the aim of assisting not only strategic planning for
the development of this sector as a whole, but also for individual
companies.
One of the main themes of discussion at the event was
innovation, which, according to IFA participants, can help to
increase food security worldwide.
PhosAgro CEO, RAFP President and member of the IFA Board of
Directors for Eastern Europe and
Central Asia Andrey Guryev said: "I am glad that the members of
such a respected international association supported and selected
me for the Board of Directions of IFA. I hope to justify their
confidence, and I will continue to promote the introduction of
innovative agricultural technologies, improve the culture of
fertilizer use, and to make the practice of applying the best
available technologies more widespread, which will reduce
environmental impact and increase global food security, both at
PhosAgro and the RAFP, which I head, but also across the entire
international mineral fertiliser industry."
IFA Chairman Rakesh Kapur said:
"‘Our '2030-Scenarios' clearly show that the industry should
continue to move towards providing more client-oriented solutions
in the field of plant nutrition, which take into account the real
needs of farmers with regards to nutrients for different types of
crops and soils."
IFA Director General Charlotte
Hebebrand said: "Market analysis is the key advantage of our
association, along with the tremendous public good that we offer to
all interested parties, including representatives of the UN, the
scientific community and other organisations."
PhosAgro (www.phosagro.ru) is one of the world's leading
vertically integrated phosphate-based fertilizer producers in terms
of production volumes of phosphate-based fertilizers and high-grade
phosphate rock with a P2O5 content of not
less than 39% (according to IFA, Fertecon and CRU).
PhosAgro's main products include phosphate rock, over 35 grades
of fertilizers, feed phosphates, ammonia, and sodium
tripolyphosphate, which are used by customers in 100 countries
spanning all of the world's inhabited continents. The Company's
priority markets outside of Russia
and the CIS are Latin America,
Europe and Asia.
PhosAgro's shares are traded on the Moscow Exchange, and global
depositary receipts ("GDRs") for shares trade on the London Stock
Exchange (under the ticker PHOR). Since 1
June 2016, the Company's GDRs have been included in the MSCI
Russia and MSCI Emerging Markets indexes.
SOURCE PhosAgro