First Independent Mena Newspaper
Morocco’s agricultural exports were boosted thanks to abundant rainfall this year, the agriculture ministry said. Some 4.9 million hectares have been sowed mostly with cereals, the main staple for the Moroccan population. although the accumulated rainfall remains 5% below an average year, it stood at 271 mm far better than last year auguring well for […]
Despite the measures imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the Moroccan agricultural sector is faring well with an abundant supply of the domestic market and exports of fruits and vegetables up 3% to 876,000 tons by mid-April compared with a year earlier, the agriculture ministry said. The increasing demand in Europe due to […]
Morocco’s agricultural exports to the EU grew 4% in 2019 to 1.4 million tons, the European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat reported. The EU bought 859,095 tons of Moroccan vegetables and 533,065 tons of fruits, Eurostat said, noting that watermelons and oranges dominated Morocco’s fruit exports. Spain topped the list of destinations for Moroccan fruits and […]
Morocco’s agricultural exports rose by 97% to 57.7 billion dirhams (over 3 million tons) between 2010 and 2019, Morocco’s export agency Foodex said. Agricultural exports represented 21% of overall Moroccan exports in 2018, it said. Separately, head of the government Saad Eddine El Othmani said Morocco is lowering the vulnerability of its economy to rainfall, […]