Morocco: The sugar beet harvest has started in Berkane amid optimism about the yield

The beet harvest season, came in accordance with the decision of the Regional Technical Committee for Sugar in Moulouya Basin, emanating from its meeting held last May at the Regional Office for Agricultural Investment in Moulouya, where all necessary measures were taken to make the sugar beet production and processing season successful, especially since this season was characterized by rains of varying importance. , according to the time and according to the regions, and the double percentage of filling the water complex of Moulouya, which did not exceed 30% at the beginning of the season. Mohamed Bousfoul, the regional director of agriculture in the eastern region, highlighted in a statement to Le360 that the area planted in the Moulouya region during the current agricultural season amounted to 4,500 hectares, including 2,159 hectares in the Berkane region, and 2341 in the Nador province, an increase of 18.5 percent compared to the area cultivated last season. He considered that ...