Souad BOUSSIF

Project Manager – Water Management & Smart Irrigation
OCP Group – Al Moutmir Program
Led strategic initiatives to promote sustainable irrigation practices and optimize water use efficiency through digital tools and capacity building programs for farmers.

Provincial Manager of Taroudant (2020), Youssoufia (2021-2022), and Berrechid ( 2022-2024)

OCP Group – Al Moutmir Program

• Encouraging farmers to adopt reasoned fertilization for various crops based on soil analysis and physico-chemical characteristics of the soil;
• Implementing multi-target capacity-building initiatives to enable stakeholders to easily adopt best practices and move towards impactful and value-added agriculture;
• Establishing and monitoring demonstration platforms for multiple crops (cereals, legumes, horticultural crops, and arboriculture);
• Introducing and developing the direct seeding or zero-tillage program/ carbon sequestration;
• Contributing to the development of digital solutions, including the T@swiq, and @tmar applications.

• Monitoring plantation projects;
• Monitoring and diagnosis of irrigation and fertilization;
• Responsible for plant health status;
• Responsible for internal control regarding plantations;
• Responsible for staff awareness and training in coordination with management and quality manager;
• Providing accurate reporting to management on plantations in general;
• Implementing and monitoring corrective and preventive actions.

Adjunct Professor of Ornamental Horticulture at the National School of Agriculture in Meknes.

Project Graduation: "Agro-physiological responses of Gala apple trees to continuous and regulated deficit irrigation in the Saïs region":

• Testing various irrigation regimes to determine the most efficient Kc model for apple cultivation;
• Evaluation of different irrigation control technologies (Station météorologique, sonde capacitive, dendromètres, Etc);

Revision of the crop coefficient of apple trees: Methods and techniques for irrigation management assistance" at the National School of Agriculture in Meknes.

Installation and monitoring of trials for several autumn crops as part of the Workshops and Agronomic Diagnosis.

Technical management of products resulting from industrial crossbreeding in the El Hajeb region.

Inventory of problems related to citrus irrigation" at the National School of Agriculture in Meknes.

Installed and monitored field trials for various spring crops as part of agronomic workshops and diagnostic sessions.

Professional internship in the ORMVAL area and within the domain "LOUATA" (Green Providence).

Independent internship within the Royal Domain of AFOURER; (Beni Mellal, Morocco):

• Irrigation management of citrus;
• Fertilization management within the domain;
• Monitoring production parameters of citrus: Clementine and Navel;
• Management of diseases and pests of citrus;
• Monitoring the cultural cycle of the crop.

Internship at Agricultural Company MAZARIA (Larache, Morocco): Citrus packing station, Citriculture, and Cattle Farming.

Knowledge internship in agricultural sectors / Sectors: organic agriculture (Chaouia Ouardigha region).

Work internship on a farm at CHAMI (Meknes, Morocco): "Fruit tree cultivation", Technical management of fruit trees such as nectarine, peach, almond, and vine.