Morocco’s Olive Oil Crisis Eases as Rainfall Boosts Production Hopes

Is Morocco about to overcome the olive oil crisis? The president of the Moroccan Association of Olive Oil Producers and Water Economy hopes for an improvement in olive oil production this year. The next agricultural season promises an abundance of olive oil production, thanks to recent rainfall that has revived farmers’ hopes in different regions of the Kingdom, reports the website Lakome24.

According to him, olive trees have started to bear fruit early and signs of maturity have appeared on their leaves, which is a natural indicator of a fruitful and early season. It would take another 15 days to confirm the possibility of an abundance of olive oil production for this season, he specified. According to him, this development represents a relative relief after the unprecedented increase in olive oil prices during the previous season. Prices climbed up to 120 dirhams per liter in some regions of the kingdom.

However, the agricultural actor fears the potential negative effects of the "Chergui" winds, dry and hot, on the next harvest.