Fertilizer's System in Egypt. 

Prepared by 
Dr. Atef Abdelaziz Sweed
Associate Prof. of Soil Chemistry, Faculty of 
Agri., Aswan Univ. 



• What is a Fertilizers?
• Any natural or chemical material applied to 

a soil or plant to supply essential elements

• What are the kinds of fertilizers?
• N-fert. (Kinds)
• P-fert.
• K- fert.
• Other-fert.



• Amide fertilizers as………

• Nitrate fertilizers as ……….

• Ammoniac fertilizers as………





2 NH3 + CO2  H2N-COONH4 

H2N-COONH4  (NH2)CO (s) + H2O

Urea (46-0-0).

Produced from ammonia and carbon dioxide







8.4

240

Caltivated soil
(million
feddans.)(3.5%)

Unused soil
(million faddans)
(96.5%)



5.4

3Total old soils
(million feddans)
Total new Soils
(million feddans)



No. Company No. Company
1

Delta Company For Fertilizers 
7 Egyptian Fertilizers 

Company OCI
2 El-Nasr for Fertilizers & 

Chemical Industries 
(SEMADCO)

8
Alexfert - Alexandria 
Fertilizers

3 KIMA - Egyptian Chemical 
Industries

9
Egyptian Basic Industries

4
Abu Qir Fertilizers

10 Liqui Fert Fertilizers 
Manufacturing

5
Helwan For Fertilizers - HFC

11 Evergrow for Specialty 
Fertilizers

6 MOPCO - Misr Fertilizers



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Capacity on
basic 15.5%
(Million ton)



• In the world
- Global fertilizer production for 2017 is estimated at 255 million 
tons
- Global demand reached about 236 million tons for 2017 »,
Global fertilizer demand is expected to reach 247 million tons in 
2020.

in Egypt
- Local production of fertilizers 22 million tons annually.
- Consumption is only about 10 million tons, or 15.5%.
- 55% of production is consumed locally (Ministry of Agriculture) at 
cost.
- 45% of production is export.



- The Egyptian government supports farmers by 
about LE 2,000 per ton of nitrogen fertilizer (as 
urea)
- The total Egyptian government support for 
nitrogen fertilizers is about 2.5 billion pounds



Company
Type of 
product

Capacity 
(ton)

Abu Zaabal For Fertilizers & 
Chemicals

SSP 15% 202 222
TSP 46% 34 356

Egyptian Financial and 
Industrial Company

SSP 15% 510 592

Suez Fertilizers Co. SSP 15% 277 004
El-Nasr Company for 
Intermediate Chemicals 
(Fayyum)

SSP 15% 150000



- Evergow’s company produce About 
340000 ton per year

- Other company about 60000 ton per year
- Egypt consumption from K- fertilizers 

about 140000 ton per year



ینیة لتأثیرات السلبیة لدعم الاسمدة وخصوصا الاسمدة النتیتروج•
المنتجین والمواطنین  للمزارع 

المزارعین: اولا•
)  مثال الذرة(الاسراف في استخدام السماد •
التسمید بالحد الامثل من السماد لكل تركیب محصول•
عدم اتباع النظم العلمیة في اضافة السماد•
عدم معرفة الفاقد من السماد للتربة المصریة  بسبب سوء الاضافة•
عدم اتباع الدورة الزراعیة وتجدید خصوبة التربة•
طاقة عدم توزیع المستحقین جمیعا حیث ان بعض الاراضي الجدیدة لیس لھم ب•

حیازة لصرف الدعم



المنتجین: ثانیا•
سارة بعض الشركات الوطنیة للانتاج الاسمدة خ•

بب ان ھذه بس) النصربالسویس–الدلتا (النیتروجینیة  مثل 
او بسبب الدعم Old Fashionالمصانع 

یضر وجود سعرین للاسمدة الازوتیة في السوق المصري ب•
)  NPK(بمنتجین الاسمدة 

خارج تحریر السعر العالمي للسماد وفتح الاستیراد من ال•
سة مما یترتب علیھ ان تكون المناف) اسوق منافسة كامل(

.علي اساس الجودة والسعر 



المواطنین: ثالثا •
الاستخدام الامثل للسماد یعطي منتج عالي الجودة•

لا یسبب مشاكل صحیة ) فاكھة, خضار, محاصیل(
.رطانوذلك لعدم تكون مركبات وسطیة التي تسبب الس

.اثبات النسبي لسعر المنتجات بالسوق•




	Slide Number 1
	Introduction
	Nitrogenous Fertilizers
	A main component of nitrogenous fert.  
	Slide Number 5
	Process for Producing Nitric Acid�from Ammonia and Oxygen
	Production of Ammonium Nitrate Fertilizer
	Total agricultural soils in Egypt
	Total old and new soils in Egypt
	Nitrogen fertilizers production companies  in Egypt
	�First: Companies producing nitrogen fertilizers based on 15% (Million ton)
	Requirements local market of N-fertilizers in Egypt
	Total support provided by the Egyptian government for nitrogen fertilizers
	P-fertilizers production companies  in Egypt
	K-fertilizers production companies  in Egypt
	Abstract:��The government of Egypt has made significant steps in moving from general subsidies to more targeted�support for the people, for example in the area of energy subsidies and social protection. In agriculture,�there is also potentially room for supporting farmers in a more effective and efficient way. So far,�nitrogen fertilizer is subsidized through subsidized energy and is distributed to farmers through local�agricultural cooperatives.  �However, there is reason to think that this policy may not be necessary to increase agricultural�production in the Egyptian context. Reported levels of nitrogen fertilizer use are in excess of the�Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation’s (MALR) recommendations while phosphate fertilizer�levels are lower than recommended.  Meanwhile, the provision of subsidized fertilizer is costly and can�distort the market, leading to shortages and uncertainties of fertilizer quality among farmers.  �This seminar will explore evidence that the fertilizer subsidies may not have the intended positive�effects for farmers, the environmental implications of fertilizer over-use, and possible solutions to�improve the current system��Adverse effects of fertilizer support, especially nitrogen fertilizers producers for farms, citizens 
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