High temperatures, an enduring drought, and the historic earthquake have plagued Moroccan olive groves just months before the 2023/24 crop year is underway. We expect production to be higher than it was last year, which was catastrophic.– Rachid Benali, president of the Moroccan Interprofessional Olive Federation Despite the sector’s significant headwinds, officials remain optimistic that this ...

The Moroccan government has officially approved a decree increasing the legal minimum wage for workers in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. With inflation reaching 5% in August, the decision by the Moroccan government to increase the minimum wage is set to provide some relief to the domestic workforce. According to an agreement between the government, central ...

The picture is becoming clearer in the aftermath of the “Al Haouz earthquake” that hit Morocco last Friday. According to several corroborating accounts, the earthquake had no significant impact on crops. The hardest-hit villages, some of which have been completely wiped off the map, are remote and isolated in the high mountains, where the main ...

While the Souss Massa region was hard hit by extreme temperatures exceeding 50 Celsius, resulting in widespread crop losses, anxious eyes turned to the Loukkous, El Gherb, and Oriental regions, which together with Souss Massa make up the four bastions of Moroccan agriculture. Baioua Oussama, a grower in Laaouamra near Larache, in the Loukkos region, ...

Farmers across Africa are faced with eroded, phosphorus-limited soils, leading to low crop yields, despite having some of the world’s richest phosphate deposits in Morocco. Soil scientists at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco are building a countrywide network of farmers and soil experts to routinely test soil for its nutrients and other properties, giving ...

Moroccan state-owned phosphates and fertilizer company OCP plans to invest $7 billion in a new ammonia plant using green hydrogen produced from renewable fuel, and experts say the project will be crucial in helping the North African country achieve agricultural self-sufficiency. Ammonia has many uses: It helps to make fertilizers, plastics, pharmaceuticals and even explosives. ...

Rabat – Moroccan fertilizer giant OCP has renewed its determination to continue boosting Morocco’s sustainable development through the signing of a new memorandum of understanding as well as a concession contract with the country’s government in a bid to help improve its water management efforts. Morocco’s government and the OCP group signed on Wednesday the ...

Morocco and China have pledged to improve agriculture cooperation through a new memorandum of understanding (MoU). China’s Minister of Agriculture Tang Renjian signed the agreement on Tuesday along with his Moroccan counterpart Mohamed Sadiki. The agreement aims to help the two countries improve and boost cooperation in different fields in the agriculture sector, including distant ...

Rabat – Morocco’s government has introduced a subsidy allocated for the imports of 2.5 million metric tonnes of soft wheat from July to September. The National Professional Office for Grains released a circular on June 23, providing that the program will support importers on a monthly basis covering the difference between the cost of wheat ...

The Moroccan government has presented a framework agreement worth MAD 10 billion ($991 million) to support the nation’s agricultural sector in mitigating the impact of the rainfall deficit and global economic challenges. In a signing ceremony held today presided over by the head of Morocco’s government Aziz Akhannouch, a framework agreement was established between the ...