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France is resolved to support Morocco’s sustained development in the maritime sector as part of the cooperation between the two countries, French ambassador to Rabat, Christophe Lecourtier, said on Wednesday. “We know how active Morocco is and how it carries the voice of Africa and many countries of the South in this field, promoting great […]
Moroccan farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after recent rainfall that dissipated the prospect of extreme drought and helped improve dam filling rates. Moroccan dams are on average 34% full on December 28 after the filling rate dropped to near 20% leading to a halt of irrigation in many key agricultural regions. Rainfall is […]
Olive harvest has increased by more than 40% on average since farmers, owners of olive groves, followed the Al Moutmir program, initiated by the phosphates group (OCP), which installed demonstration platforms allowing the farmers to optimize olive cultivation in a scientific way. They are more than 630 farmers who benefited from OCP Al Moutmir platforms […]
Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, has decided to install its North-West & West Central Africa regional headquarters in Casablanca, Morocco. The Casablanca office will act as Corteva Agriscience’s business center for customers, partners and consumers in its main regional markets in Africa, bringing farmers the right mix of seeds, crop protection and digital solutions […]
The initiative for the Adaptation of African agriculture, presented by Morocco during the COP22 in Marrakech in 2016 was at the focus of a meeting in Abidjan between Moroccan Minister of Agriculture Aziz Akhannouch and President of the African Development Bank Akinuwumi Adesina. The AfDB President expressed at the meeting the African institution’s support to […]
Mauritania has reveal plans to increase its arable land by more than 100% in a drive towards satisfying almost 40% of the country’s cereal needs. This ambition is detailed in its 2013-2014 agriculture program, which was presented at the Council of Ministers by the Minister of Rural Development Brahim Ould Mohamed Ould El M’Bareck Mukhtar. […]