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Morocco Launches Integrated Digital System to Modernize Maritime Fisheries Governance

Morocco’s State Secretariat for Maritime Fisheries has launched an international tender for the design and deployment of a comprehensive digital governance system for the fisheries sector, covering the full value chain from vessel departure to export certification. The initiative, reported by Le Matin daily on Tuesday, represents the most ambitious digital transformation of the fisheries […]

Ethiopia implements taxation overhaul to address USAID funding gap

Ethiopia’s parliament has enacted a sweeping tax reform targeting both private and public sector employees to fill the financial void created by USAID’s recent funding suspension. The newly established Ethiopian Disaster Risk Response Fund will channel these tax revenues toward critical projects previously sustained by USAID, which had been Ethiopia’s foremost development and humanitarian partner. […]

Morocco: Development of new cereal varieties more tolerant to drought

Six promising durum wheat and barley varieties that are more tolerant to drought, and that offer higher yields and important nutritional qualities have been developed by the International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), Morocco’s National Institute for Agronomic Research (INRA) and the Benchaib seeds company. According to a joint statement by the […]