The price of oranges has skyrocketed in Casablanca, reaching 25 dirhams per kilo, when it was selling between 5 and 7 dirhams per kilo a few months ago. This record increase would be due to increased exports.
Morocco is the seventh largest producer of dates in the world, with a volume of 170,000 tons per year. However, challenges remain to develop the sector and meet domestic demand.
Morocco and Israel have decided to strengthen their cooperation in the agriculture and water sectors. In this sense, the two parties have signed a memorandum of understanding.
Mohamed Amzahou, a young seasonal worker, was the victim of a fatal traffic accident last August in Almeria. His body was repatriated to Morocco. A Red Cross volunteer denounces the silence around his death.
Moroccan tomato exports have recorded a considerable increase, reaching record figures during the 2022/2023 agricultural season.
A batch of Moroccan olives exported to Spain would contain a high presence of Chlorpyrifos, a pesticide banned in the European Union (EU), the Rapid Alert System for Food and Human and Animal Feed (RASFF) has warned.
In Morocco, olive oil production will drop considerably due to the drought and heat waves that have affected several regions of the kingdom. As a result, the price of a liter of olive oil could exceed a price never reached before.
The drop in durum wheat production in Canada, currently the world’s main supplier facing climate change, has led to a rise in the price of this raw material in Morocco, where it is used to make couscous and semolina.
Facing a labor shortage for the clementine harvest, France wants to recruit some 1,200 Moroccan seasonal workers. The latter are expected in Corsica in October.
Up for several months, the price of a liter of olive oil is expected to reach 100 dirhams this season. The cause is the drought that is raging in the kingdom and affecting the main olive-producing regions.
To address climate change (drought, floods, heat waves, etc.), a London start-up has rented over 6,000 hectares in the Moroccan Sahara to cultivate and bury algae.
The heatwave in Morocco, with heat waves reaching up to 50 degrees, added to the sandstorms coming from the Sahara, is destroying fruit and vegetable crops, affecting the agri-food sector, one of the pillars of the kingdom’s economy.