Spanish and French farmers denounce the "massive" imports of fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes, from Morocco, as well as the EU’s inaction to prevent the collapse of the prices of their products.
Date producers and traders in Morocco reassure consumers about the availability and affordable prices of this product on the market during the holy month of Ramadan.
In Morocco, olive oil prices could soar this year due to several factors, including a supply impacted by drought. Some oil mills are running at a slow pace, while others have preferred to close down.
Morocco continues to flood the European market with its avocados. Between October and December 2024, the kingdom exported no less than 42,000 tons of this product to the EU. Figures that are likely to rise by April.
The fungus Erysiphe vaccinii, responsible for the disease known as powdery mildew, threatens blueberry production in Morocco and worldwide. This is revealed by a study conducted by North Carolina State University.
In Morocco, private sector employees will see their salaries increase starting January 1, 2025. This salary increase follows the adoption by the Council of Government, meeting on Thursday in Rabat, of draft decree No. 2.24.1122 setting the legal minimum wage for agricultural and non-agricultural activities.
The United States has revised the countervailing duty rate imposed on the Moroccan giant, OCP, "for alleged subsidies".
The oldest and largest agricultural complex in Africa outside the Nile Valley, reshaping historical visions of the Maghreb region, is located in Morocco. This is the discovery made by a team of Moroccan, British and Italian researchers.
A new greenhouse has been built in Agadir by Den Berk Délice, a Belgian producer specialized in snack tomatoes.
Twenty Moroccan workers were exploited in unworthy conditions by a farmer in Lot-et-Garonne. Attracted by the promise of an employment contract and a better life, they each paid 10,000 euros to come to France.
A Moroccan association is sounding the alarm about the intensive cultivation of red watermelon in Zagora.
Olive oil, a pillar of Moroccan gastronomy, is now found at exorbitant prices. The fault lies with a persistent drought that, for the past five years, has weighed down national production and burdened household budgets.