Couscous, a typically Moroccan dish common to all the countries of the Maghreb, could become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The organization is holding the 15th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, from December 14 to 19.
The French food multinational Danone, which has a subsidiary in Morocco , plans to cut 25% of its workforce in these times of health crisis related to Covid-19. Are its Moroccan employees affected by this wave of job cuts?
Operators in the fruit and vegetable processing sector will benefit from the new import substitution strategy of the Ministry of Industry. The Moroccan government has just adopted a draft decree to this effect.
Heavily burdened by the health crisis due to the coronavirus, street vendors are struggling to regain their balance since last March. Several of them, including Mohammed Grita, a fruit and vegetable merchant, are calling for government support during this ongoing crisis.
In terms of basic products, Morocco represents a major supplier to the countries of West Africa. The Kingdom meets their demand, especially for fresh fruits and vegetables, at affordable prices.
Calls to boycott French products do not seem to be heard in Morocco. For now, this mobilization is limited to social networks and no action has been observed on the ground.
In 2021, basic food products will continue to be subsidized, even if a 10% drop is expected this year in the Kingdom.
The grocer-banker, that’s how we can describe the neighborhood grocer who, through the credit system, comes to the rescue of his clients, whose financial situation continues to deteriorate due to the lockdown. We even see him lending cash to residents heavily impacted by the Covid crisis.
The tricycle driver arrested on Monday, in flagrante delicto of distributing spoiled meat to street vendors of sandwiches in Tangier, is a repeat offender. According to the judicial police who carried out his arrest, he not only has a very heavy criminal record, but he also preaches extremist ideology.
The closure of Morocco’s borders has exposed the role of the black market in the north of the country. It is a provider of unsuspected jobs and fortunes.
44th out of a total of 127 countries. This is Morocco’s 2020 ranking in the "Global Hunger Index", a multidimensional statistical tool used to measure the state of hunger at the global, regional and national levels.
Rice imports have doubled in the first eight months of 2020. Moroccan companies operating in the sector have had no choice but to follow the strong demand from consumers.