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Morocco: USAID & GiveDirectly NGO support agricultural cooperatives with $4 Mln Funding

U.S. Agency for International Development and the International NGO GiveDirectly are providing an additional $4 million to support Moroccan agricultural cooperatives suffering from recent economic shocks, including the Covid-19 pandemic, drought, inflation, and a global food crisis sparked by the Russia-Ukraine crisis. At the end of September, the U.S. Congress approved $2 million for a […]

Global Data: Morocco’s economy fastest growing in Africa in 2021

Morocco tops the list of the five fastest-growing economies in Africa in 2021, Global Data, an international consulting and data analysis firm, said Monday in its latest report.   Global Data expects the Kingdom to record a 5.19% growth rate, i.e. the highest rate on the continent in 2021.   With this predicted GDP growth […]

Water Scarcity in MENA region, FAO Rings Alarm Bell

The Food and Agriculture Agency of the UN (FAO) called for the adoption of immediate response to the dangers that may result from the rapidly depleting fresh water in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The Head of the UN agency Jose Graziano da Silva said in a press release following a visit to […]