The writer is a sociologist and president of the High Atlas Foundation, a Moroccan-U.S. not-for-profit organization dedicated to sustainable development in Morocco.
The first hackathon on sustainable agriculture ended in Rabat on Sunday, September 18 after 3 days of pitching, hacking, coaching.
The strategy was called the Green Morocco Plan.
Phone : +212 661839733. MOROCCO: AFD grants €1.5M to Morrocan agricultural bank for sustainable agriculture. Morocco is characterized by two types of agriculture: - Modern agriculture, which is localized in irrigated zones and favorable non-irrigated zones, concerns 20% of the cultivated lands and is highly productive due to its use of modern technology. In the rainy sections of the northeast of the country, barley, wheat, and other cereals can be raised without irrigation.
In Rabat.
Organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Fisheries and Impact Lab, a startup incubator with strong social and environmental impact, Hack4Impact gathered for 3 days a community of experts, …
To be sustainable, agriculture must meet the needs of present and future generations for its products and services, while ensuring profitability, environmental health and social and … Transformation to sustainable agriculture will require tailor-made solutions and an enabling environment, resources and time. Sustainable agriculture in Mauritania is essential to put this land to its best use and help the rapidly urbanizing population economically.
IFC Supports Sustainable Agriculture in Morocco’s Farming Sector through its Partnership with Zalar Agri. Sustainable agriculture must nurture healthy ecosystems and support the sustainable management of land, water and natural resources, while ensuring world food security. As part of the National Action Plan for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in Morocco 2016, SwitchMed has also published this report focusing on the sustainable food and agriculture sector.
The financing is part of a larger IFC push to spur the development of sustainable agriculture in Morocco’s farming sector, which employs 37 percent of Moroccans, … Now, at COP22 in Morocco, we have the opportunity to make significant progress, by making agriculture a major part of the solution. It is also a country where this diversity is matched by a real commitment to environmental principles.
E-mail : sdecloitre@ifc.org. The aim is to encourage projects with an impact on … The French Development Agency (AFD) and Crédit Agricole du Maroc (CAM) signed a MAD 560 million (50 million euros) line of credit and concluded a subsidy agreement for MAD 16.8 million (over 1.5 million euros) in favor of farms and agro-industrial units. fair and sustainable tourism in Morocco Morocco offers up a vast variety of landscapes, ranging from beaches to mountains to desert to urban jungle.
Many of the agricultural practices in Morocco have led to massive amounts of soil erosion, which is often irreversible. Sustainable agriculture in Morocco contributes 15 percent of the overall GDP in the country and provides 40 percent of jobs. Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in Mauritania According to the FAO, the amount of food produced domestically in Mauritania each year only meets one-third of the country’s food needs, … “By helping agriculture companies grow and enter new markets, we can foster the type of sustainable, inclusive growth that Morocco is striving for,” he said.
Shobhna Decloitre.
In 2008, the Moroccan government adopted a strategy to drive and reform the agricultural sector, promote the integration of agriculture into international markets and help agriculture achieve sustainable growth. By helping agriculture companies grow and enter new markets, we can foster the type of sustainable, inclusive growth that Morocco is striving for.” Zalar Agri is one of the largest apple producers in Morocco (with a significant market share in the modern trade segment) and one of the country’s leading players in the agriculture sector overall, …