Moroccan Families Face Rising Food Costs as Ramadan Approaches Amid Inflation and Drought

The prices of basic foodstuffs or mass consumer products, including vegetables, fruits, red and white meats, as well as fish, have maintained an upward trend for several months, despite the measures taken by the government to mitigate the effects of this inflation on domestic markets.

"Since its installation, the Akhannouch government has brought nothing new to Moroccan citizens... The products used by families during Ramadan are starting to be scarce on the national market, even cotton and onion," complained Ahmed Bioud, president of the "With the Consumer" association, in a statement to Al-Ayyam 24.

Bioud says he does not understand the continued rise in the prices of basic necessities, "while Morocco is considered an agricultural country par excellence". He is also surprised that "red and white meats are now imported from foreign countries". Hoping that the government will quickly find a solution to the situation, he fears that this year’s Ramadan, announced for March, will take place "under the sign of inflation".