Promising prospects for the almond production and valorization chain in the East of Morocco
Almond Kernel
Morocco
Published Oct 4, 2021
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Le360 camera visited a unit for the valorization of almonds in the "Raslan" commune in the Berkane region, which is the first nationally in terms of production, due, according to officials of the Ministry of Agriculture in the east, to the increase in the planted area, which exceeded 42 thousand hectares, after it did not exceed 16 thousand hectares. During the year 2008, 3161 hectares were equipped with drip irrigation and 2213 hectares were equipped with solar energy. These figures, according to the data of the interests of the Ministry of Agriculture, enabled the creation of about 929,000 working days per year, and provided a transaction number estimated at 724 million dirhams during 2020, in addition to giving the start to 60 projects for planting and cultivating almonds within the framework of the projects of the second pillar of the Green Morocco Plan, with a budget estimated With 566 million dirhams, more than 12 thousand and 600 farmers benefited from it. Fatima Amsif, ...
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