Morocco intends to plant 50 000 hectares of argan to meet the growing market demand in 2030. This ambition is part of the “Green Generation” strategy launched by King Mohammed VI.
By 2030, it is planned to plant 50,000 ha of argan trees in Morocco, said Moroccan agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch.
The minister said on the occasion, that in addition to the 10,000 ha of argan tree developed in 2018 in Morocco, several structuring projects will be started with the aim of reaching a cumulative objective of 400,000 ha in the region. The framework of the “Generation Green” strategy launched by King Mohammed VI. The argan program launched in 2018 focused on planting 10,000 hectares of argan trees at a total cost of $ 49 million for the benefit of 26,000 beneficiaries.
And to continue upgrading the argan farming sector, the minister stressed that the Agricultural Development Fund offers financial incentives to support argan farming, the products of which are increasingly in demand on the market. For international markets and the protection of this civilizational heritage, Morocco since 2010 has adopted its own geographical declaration, recalls the Minister who announces the creation, during this year, of the National Argan Center. This center, explains the minister, will be an incubator for public and private initiatives, and a platform for the development of research and documentation related to the argan grove.
More than 500 cooperatives bringing together 10,000 women have been created, i.e. 10 times more than in 2004, Akhannouch notes, noting that 22 nurseries have been set up for the production of argan plantations approved by the National Security Office. Sanitary of Food Products (ONSSA).
In addition, more than 450 small and medium-sized enterprises specializing in valuation and export have emerged with an annual turnover currently estimated at more than one billion dirhams, he added. emphasis on Morocco’s efforts in promoting the Argan tree as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity and ancestral source of resilient and sustainable development.
