Moroccan seasonal workers to help save clementine yield in France’s Corsica

Morocco has green-lighted a trip by 900 seasonal workers to Corsica to help French farmers there save the clementine season among a shortage of labor. An agreement to this end was reached between Morocco and France. The Moroccan workers will test for Covid-19 in departure and upon arrival. Corsican farmers have booked five flights to […]

Morocco to invest $10.8 bln to develop irrigation over 2020-2027

The Moroccan government has earmarked 10.8 billion dollars or 115 billion dirhams to expand irrigation programs from 2020 to 2027. This came at a meeting chaired by head of the government Aziz Akhannouch, as farms in drought-stricken regions suffer from diversion of irrigation water to supply households. The investment aims to mitigate the impact of […]

COVID-19: Nearly 5,000 individuals prosecuted for violating the health emergency law in Morocco

Since the health emergency was decreed in Morocco on March 20 to fight the Covid-19 spread, thousands of people have attempted to violate the rules, but that was without counting on the vigilance of the security services. Thus, since the enforcement of the laws governing the quarantine period and providing for sanctions against those who […]