Money and Business: Tomato prices are declining in the markets of Morocco

Al-Hussein Adrour, head of the Interprofessional Federation of Vegetable and Fruit Producers and Exporters in Morocco, said that tomato prices declined this week. He added in a statement to "Moroccan Sahara" that the price of one kilogram of this product currently amounts to about four dirhams, and Adhrour expressed cautious optimism regarding this relief in prices, stressing that its continuation depends on the decline of the Tobamovirus, ToBRFV, which has caused clear losses in many countries. Round tomato production farms. Initial estimates indicated that losses have so far amounted to about 50 percent of the production of these agricultural exploitations. The wave of high prices for tomatoes inflamed the pockets of consumers, as they rose to more than 15 dirhams, due to the factor of harsh cold weather, according to the explanations of professionals, and the delayed ripening of tomatoes, in addition to the aforementioned virus. Jaafar Al-Sabban, director of the wholesale ...