Morocco: Numbering about two million heads of sheep in preparation for Eid Al-Adha

Muhammad Seddiqi, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests, stated that, to date, about two million sheep have been numbered, as part of preparations for Eid al-Adha. My friend added, in his response to an oral question about “measures taken to welcome Eid al-Adha,” submitted by the Social Justice Group, that 34 temporary markets had been prepared to strengthen the existing markets, and 210,000 fattening units had been registered, indicating that livestock imports had been opened temporarily for the second year in a row. And launching a request for offers for sheep destined for Eid Al-Adha, with a size of 600 thousand heads, subject to increase. At the field level, the Minister indicated that an accurate assessment of the expectations of supply and demand for Eid sacrifices was conducted in coordination with professionals in the sheep, goats and camels chain, at the level of all regions of the Kingdom, and the continuation of health tracking and ...