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AU Summit: Rabat Renews Willingness to Share its Agricultural Experience with African Countries

Head of Moroccan Govt, Saad Eddine El Othmani, voiced on Sunday at the 32nd summit of the African Union currently held in Addis Ababa, his country’s willingness to share its successful agricultural experiences with African countries. Addressing a high level session on “Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard (AATS), El Othmani underlined the positive results yielded by […]

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Bountiful Rainfall Boosts Morocco’s Crop Output in 2018

The 2018 crop year takes place in best conditions thanks to recent rains, which lifted harvest expectations to 98.2 million quintals, Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Minister announced. Morocco witnessed an accumulated rainfall of 370 mm that is 16% up compared to a normal year, conducive to dam filling rate standing at 67% by mid-April, […]

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Sweet Outlook for Morocco’s Date Palm Cultivation

Morocco has recorded a significant harvest of 112,000 tons of all sorts of dates in 2017 as part of achieving the goal of reaching an annual production of 160,000 tons by 2020, up from 90,000 in 2010. To reach that goal, Morocco has integrated developing date palm cultivation in the green Morocco plan. The country […]

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Morocco Offers ‘Green Growth Model’ in MENA region- Climate Tracker

Morocco stands as a model in the MENA region when it comes to promoting green growth, said Climate Tracker, the world’s leading climate journalism portal, in an article entitled “Climate Change Threatens Uninhabitable Conditions for the Middle East and North Africa.” “Morocco has been a good example,” wrote Lina Yassin on Climate Tracker highlighting that […]

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Morocco to Share Agricultural Expertise with Rwanda

Morocco and Rwanda signed on Thursday four agreements relating to the transfer of know-how in terms of agricultural expertise with a special focus on promoting small farming and fostering agricultural productivity. The signing ceremony was chaired by King Mohammed VI who is currently on a visit to Kigali and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame. These agreements […]

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Morocco, First Non-European Partner Country of International Green Week

Morocco is participating in the 81st International Green Week held in Berlin January 15 through 24 as the first African Partner Country of the event. The Moroccan pavilion displays a variety of farming products and processed foods and features a rich program of activities meant to make visitors discover the North African country and its […]