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Morocco wants to boost its dairy sector

The Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, Mohammed Sadiki, launched, Friday in Casablanca, a reinforced and structured program for the genetic improvement of cows dairy, professional training and the creation of regional units to supervise breeders and milk producers.

This program aims to rebalance the sector, affected by the successive Covid-19 crises, geopolitical disruptions, as well as violent and prolonged periods of drought.

At the same time, the Minister signed two agreements between his Department and the Inter-Professional Federation of the Dairy Sector “Maroc Lait”.

The first agreement concerns the delegation of management of the regional artificial insemination center of Ain Jemaa, in Casablanca, to Maroc Lait. This center plays an important role in the production of frozen cattle semen made available to breeders nationally.

The second agreement concerns, for its part, the development of a computer system for the management of the dairy sector “SIMALAIT”, with a view to ensuring modern and computerized management of development actions in the milk sector, in particular, insemination. artificial intelligence, performance monitoring and identification of dairy farms.

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