Ten farmers were arrested in the province of El Kelaa des Sraghna by the prefectural authorities. They are accused of having irrigated crops with wastewater. An investigation has been opened under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office to elucidate this case.
Faced with the covid-19 pandemic that is hitting the social economy hard, the Office for the Development of Cooperation has initiated digital training for the benefit of 820 cooperatives.
A major constraint for beneficiaries, inheritance concerning lands belonging to the private domain of the State is now a reality in Morocco, thanks to a new text adopted on Thursday by the Council of Government.
Some African countries including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Somalia are currently suffering from the scourge of desert locusts for weeks. Morocco and all the Maghreb countries risk suffering the same fate in the coming weeks.
The suspension of customs duties on soft wheat will be extended beyond June 15 in Morocco. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Agriculture.
Despite the health crisis related to covid-19, Moroccan agriculture is doing well. Agricultural product exports have recorded a trade surplus in recent months.
Pesticides based on "Chlorpyriphos" could be withdrawn from the Moroccan market. The National Office of Food Safety (ONSSA) will rule, at its meeting next July, on the future of this substance at the national level.
Moroccan exporters can export onions and potatoes to West African countries. Suspended in the meantime due to covid-19 and fear of shortages, exports have resumed.
Faced with the inability of seasonal workers from Eastern European countries to reach the fields in Spain, Italy and France, due to the closure of borders in Europe, Spain has preferred to turn to Moroccan irregular immigrants. According to the association of Spanish farmers, this is a workforce that could help save the agricultural season in danger due to the secondary damage of the coronavirus pandemic.
Four Moroccan fishermen disappeared on Wednesday, in the waters of Gibraltar.
Contrary to what some Saudis and Emiratis are stirring up in public opinion in these times of COVID-19, Morocco is not facing a food crisis. With its agricultural lands, Moroccans produce well beyond their needs.
The Group of Young Women for Democracy (GJFD), in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation Rabat, is mobilizing to denounce the ordeal of Moroccan agricultural workers, victims of the worst forms of violence and discrimination in silence.