Jeff Ivan
CEO, Soilgenic Nutrients Inc.
Jeff Ivan is the CEO of Soilgenic Nutrients Inc. Soilgenic is focused on sustainable and regenerative agricultural fertilizer technologies that will use food and cellulose waste streams to produce bio-available sustainable fertilizers. Soilgenic focuses on the soil’s microbiome and other carbon reduction technologies that enhance crop nutrition while reducing agricultures’ effects on climate change. Jeff Ivan has spent over 30 years in the agricultural field, most recently with AGI Fertilizer Systems working on international fertilizer projects in established and in developing agricultural regions. Prior to AGI, Jeff worked with Tiger-Sul Products to promote the benefits of sulphur nutrition and to establish new international markets for sulphur and micronutrient fertilizers. Jeff started his career in the retail fertilizer sector in Canada and originates from a family farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. Jeff has been involved in several committees such as the Fertilizer Canada’s, Agronomy and Environment Committee, and the 4R Solution (Africa) Steering Committee working in Ethiopia, Ghana and Senegal. Jeff also sat on the Sulphur Institute’s Sulphur Advocacy committee based out of Washington, DC acting as the lead for the development of Sulphur based fertilizers in India. Jeff’s is active with the International Fertilizer Association’s (IFA) African Forum for the development of fertilizer and food security in Africa. He is currently advising several companies in Africa on sustainable fertilizer production and food security.