The prices of vegetables in Casablanca, Morocco

Published Feb 28, 2022

Tridge summary

High vegetable prices in Morocco's Darb Ghalef market are being caused by drought and speculators, according to vegetable sellers. The drought has led to poor agricultural production, while speculators, also known as 'creditors', buy vegetables from farmers at low prices and sell them at doubled prices, increasing consumer burdens. Prices of vegetables like green squash, eggplant, peppers, julbanah peas, and beans have significantly risen, with small potatoes reaching 8 dirhams, a price that was previously two or three dirhams.
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The vegetable sellers whose views were obtained by the le360 camera in the Darb Ghalef market in Al-Bayda, attributed the reason for the high vegetable prices to the drought that Morocco is experiencing, which has caused poor agricultural production, in addition to the speculators rushing to raise prices. One of the vegetable sellers explained that speculators, who are called "creditors", buy vegetables from farmers at low prices, and sell them at double prices, so consumer prices rise, which burdens consumers who cannot find an alternative. As for vegetables, which witnessed a significant increase, the sellers explained that the prices of green squash, eggplant and peppers increased significantly, as their price ranged between 8 and 9 dirhams, ...
Source: Le 360

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