Agricultural organizations in Spain have filed several complaints asking the authorities to sanction the Almería companies that fraudulently relabel Moroccan horticultural products such as tomatoes, watermelons or cucumbers. Since then, no sanctions have been imposed.
In total, six pest insects threaten Moroccan eggplant exports to the United States. This is the result of a report by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) entitled "a qualitative phytosanitary risk assessment initiated by the sector".
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in favor of the Moroccan royal family engaged in a legal battle against a farmer in Murcia, Spain, who is exploiting the Nadorcott mandarin without prior authorization.
The issue of food security and quality, sustainable agriculture remains a major concern for several countries. On Thursday, the Moroccan Ambassador to the UN, Omar Hilale, and his Israeli counterpart to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, led an important virtual conference on this topic.
Morocco wants to raise customs duties on soft wheat and durum wheat. This decision, announced for the near future, aims to protect local production stifled by imports.
For a few years now, the United Kingdom has been doing good business with Morocco in agricultural products. Morocco supplies about 22% of the tomatoes consumed in this country, while in the Spanish market, the sector is in sharp decline.
Moroccan Internet users launched, before the start of Ramadan, a campaign to boycott Algerian dates on social networks, in order to "do justice" to the Moroccan farmers of the Figuig oasis expelled by the Algerian army on the one hand, and to encourage Moroccans to consume local dates on the other.
In partnership with a Moroccan company, the Israeli company Mehadrin will produce avocado on Moroccan soil in order to meet the growing demand for this nutritious and highly profitable fruit.
Morocco ranks 4th among melon exporting countries to the European Union in 2020, according to data from the Euroestacom statistical service (Icex-Eurostat).
The organic product producers in the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region, now grouped into an association, are organizing around their activity in order to better benefit from the ongoing reforms in the organic sector. This is a reform carried by the new agricultural strategy "Génération Green".
The Moroccan Confederation of Agriculture and Rural Development (COMADER) spoke out on Wednesday on the statements that claim the poor quality of Moroccan wheat and bread consumed in the Kingdom.
A Moroccan consular delegation visited on Monday, in the Huelva region, one of the leading agricultural enterprises in the berry sector. This field visit aims to observe on site the reception and working conditions of the Moroccan seasonal workers recruited under the Moroccan-Spanish circular migration program.