Having legally entered France to work in agriculture, a Moroccan seasonal worker had accumulated four years of employment and held an amendment extending his contract until September 30. However, his residence permit had expired and the new contract had not been authorized: the courts upheld his OQTF and his re-entry ban.
A scientific study warns of the possible depletion of U.S. phosphorus resources within forty years. Essential for fertilizers and crops, this mineral now places Morocco at the heart of the food security of the United States.
Presented in Algeria as a future threat to Moroccan phosphate, the Bled El Hadba project is expected to produce 2.4 million tonnes of phosphate fertilizers per year. OCP already has a capacity of 15 million tonnes and is targeting 20 million as early as 2027.
Moroccan olive oil production could fall back to 100 million kilos during the 2026-2027 campaign, compared with 180 million this season. A 44% decline that would abruptly end the rebound recorded after several years of drought.
A punnet of snack tomatoes from Morocco is being sold for the equivalent of nearly 100 dirhams per kilo in some stores in the Netherlands. In Morocco, the wholesale price of tomatoes did not exceed 4.50 dirhams on August 21 in Casablanca.
The labor shortage is worsening in Morocco. In construction, the average daily wage has now reached 220 dirhams. In agriculture, some farmers say they pay up to 400 dirhams for around five hours of work.
In Toulouse supermarkets, some tomatoes are sold for up to 7.45 euros per kilo, compared with 1.89 euros for a variety imported from Morocco. A spectacular gap as the price of vine tomatoes has jumped by 31% in one year.
Five months after the Russian imports controversy, U.S. authorities announce that Morocco now accepts pork casings from the United States. A strictly regulated opening from a health and safety standpoint.
Algeria harvested 2.52 million tonnes of watermelon in 2024, compared with 339,454 tonnes in Morocco. But on international markets, the balance is dramatically reversed: Moroccan sales reached 94 million dollars, 436 times the value recorded by Algeria.
Spain spent nearly 58 million euros purchasing Moroccan olive oil in the first half of 2026, compared with just 641,000 euros a year earlier. A spectacular surge in a country that nevertheless comfortably dominates global production.
OCP says it ships fertilizers to the European Union containing less than 20 mg of cadmium per kilogram, compared with a European limit of 60 mg. However, a European official acknowledges that no systematic monitoring of imports makes it possible to verify this content.
She had arrived legally in Spain with a contract to pick strawberries. After leaving her 6- and 4-year-old children in Morocco, this worker told CNN that she ended up homeless following a dispute with her employer.