This meeting takes place in preparation for the launch of the 2024-2025 agricultural seasonwhich comes after five consecutive years of droughthaving impacted all components of the sector, indicates a press release from the Department of the Head of Government.
These measures likely to contribute to the fall in prices of agricultural productsfocus on the protection of animal heritage and its reconstitution, as well as on strengthening the resilience of the agricultural sector facing an unfavorable global context marked by climate change and the scarcity of water resources. The meeting was an opportunity to examine the different mechanisms capable of contributing to achieving the expected balance at the level of animal sectorssuch as the dairy sector, the red meats and the poultry industryas well as at the level of the plant sectors, like the olive, citrus, date palm, leguminous, early vegetables, sugar, rice, seeds and cereals sectors.
Mr. Akhannouch affirmed, during this meeting, that the government will strengthen its support for professionals in different agricultural sectors, with a view to improving their performance on the basis of optimal management of inputs and factors of production.
He added that the government will continue, in accordance with the High Royal Directives, the mobilization of investments structuring measures aimed at strengthening the capacity of the agricultural sector to adapt to the repercussions of drought and to take a series of measures capable of gradually restoring the balance of productive sectors.
It will ensure the monitoring of the implementation of the various urgent measures, capable of contributing to the fall in the prices of agricultural products, in order to preserve the purchasing power of citizens, just as it will ensure supply continuous and sufficient national markets.
The government signed in May 2023 a set of 19 program contracts new generation for the development and modernization of agricultural production sectorsas part of the implementation of the Generation Green strategy, for a total cost of more than 110 billion dirhams over 10 years, including more than 42 billion dirhams in the form of State contribution as part of the Agricultural Development Fund. This meeting was attended by the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, Mohamed Sadiki, the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy and Finance, in charge of the Budget, Fouzi Lekjaa, the General Treasurer of the Kingdom, Noureddine Bensoudathe director of State Domains, Mohamed El Kharmoudithe director general of the Customs and Indirect Tax Administration, Abdellatif Amranithe Chairman of the Management Board of Crédit Agricole du Maroc, Mohamed Fikratthe director general of the National Food Safety Office, Abdallah Janatias well as representatives of agricultural sectors and professionals in the sector.
