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Morocco: new strategy to promote agriculture
Morocco
Monday 28 April 2008
The Moroccan government has adopted a new strategy dubbed “Green Morocco Plan” aiming at promoting the competitiveness of Moroccan agriculture and make it become the driving force of Morocco’s economic growth in the coming fifteen years.
The six-point strategy was revealed by Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch at the opening ceremony of the first National Agriculture Conference, held under the theme “Vision of Tomorrow, for a Competitive Agriculture” on the eve of the international agriculture fair which kicked off on the 22nd of April in Meknes.
The strategy takes into account the diversity of actors, socio-economic constraints and the need to handle the root issues of Moroccan agriculture, linked particularly to the weakness of professionals. “The strategy - the minister said - breaks with the traditional perception which distinguishes between modern agriculture and social agriculture”.
In this occasion, five agreements were signed between the government and the sector professionals intended to develop Moroccan agriculture and promote its competitiveness. The accords focused on the cereals sector - setting up an agricultural development finance company to enable small farmers with projects to have access to banking finance - and on the production of citrus fruit, to improve it.
The six-point strategy was revealed by Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch at the opening ceremony of the first National Agriculture Conference, held under the theme “Vision of Tomorrow, for a Competitive Agriculture” on the eve of the international agriculture fair which kicked off on the 22nd of April in Meknes.
The strategy takes into account the diversity of actors, socio-economic constraints and the need to handle the root issues of Moroccan agriculture, linked particularly to the weakness of professionals. “The strategy - the minister said - breaks with the traditional perception which distinguishes between modern agriculture and social agriculture”.
In this occasion, five agreements were signed between the government and the sector professionals intended to develop Moroccan agriculture and promote its competitiveness. The accords focused on the cereals sector - setting up an agricultural development finance company to enable small farmers with projects to have access to banking finance - and on the production of citrus fruit, to improve it.
