Some Spanish farmers have launched a boycott campaign against Moroccan agricultural products, particularly tomatoes. This adds to the diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain.
The Valencian Association of Farmers (AVA-ASAJA) denounces the entry into the EU market of Moroccan avocados containing a harmful phytosanitary substance, and therefore prohibited.
The seasonal workers who are stranded in Spain due to the border closures will be able to return to Morocco starting June 15. The authorities have just decided to exceptionally open its maritime borders with Spain, to avoid the scenario of last year.
The program to generalize the drip irrigation system has developed strongly in recent years in Morocco, with some 600,000 hectares covered today, including 40,000 just for the Casablanca-Settat region.
A Moroccan delegation will travel to Israel in the coming days to participate in the 30th edition of the AgroMashov 2021 exhibition, scheduled for June 14-15, 2021.
In Morocco, new provisions now govern the marketing of agricultural products, particularly fruits and vegetables . The bill that was adopted on Thursday, June 3, should satisfy not only consumers but also producers.
The farmers in the El Arja area of the Figuig region who were deprived of part of their land by Algeria in March will receive aid from the Moroccan state. Something to relieve them a little.
Coexphal, the association of fruit and vegetable producers in Almeria, is at war with agri-food products from Morocco. It has just launched a campaign with an open letter to Spanish supermarkets, asking them to exclude Moroccan products from their shelves.
In addition to its political and diplomatic consequences, the crisis between Morocco and Spain has socio-economic repercussions. Since the kingdom has kept its borders closed since March 2020, the return of the 12,600 seasonal workers is only possible with its authorization.
Now, any import of Moroccan phosphate fertilizers to the United States must be subject to countervailing duties. Following this decision by the US authorities, the OCP group has just appealed .
Peach and nectarine producers in countries like Turkey, Morocco or Tunisia will have to increase their exports to Europe. The latter will record the lowest harvest in 30 years.
Faced with the desire of the Iberian fruit and vegetable farmers and producers association, Asaja-Almeria, to revise the current trade agreement with Morocco, the Spanish government has given a refusal.