Agriculture in Casablanca
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CASABLANCA, 2015/08/24
Recent articles underscore the importance of Morocco's initiatives in West and Central Africa, specifically in the agricultural sector. In a World Bank blog, Jean-Christophe Maur, a Senior Economist in the Increase and Competitiveness Program at the World Bank Institute, argues that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which enjoys a strong working relationship with Morocco, must do additional to promote regional solutions. His blog, Feeding West Africa: An Schedule for Regional Trade, points out that "In West Africa, home of nearly 300 million people, agriculture employs 60% of the labor force. However, despite great potential, the region is increasingly dependent on food imports to meet its consumption needs; food imports have additional than tripled in the completed 10 years."
This fact alone emphasizes the importance of King Mohammed VI's initiatives to enhance agricultural cooperation with ECOWAS states (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and Niger) inclunding neighbors throughout Central and West Africa. Over the completed three years, he has visited additional than a dozen African nations, and signed agreements related to agriculture and human development that include Moroccan services and resources integral to a regional strategy of collaboration.
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BOTSWANA, 2013/04/02
Africa frequently experiences food shortages, although its 900 million farmers could feed the continent, inclunding supplying other parts of the world. But for this to happen they need the support of politicians.
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CASABLANCA, 2012/12/31
Good start to the new season
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CANADA, 2012/12/30
At its quarterly conference December 19, the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) board of directors selected Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone, Morocco and Tanzania as eligible to develop proposals for new compacts, and Guatemala as eligible for a Threshold Program.
"This year's selection decisions are a testament to the 'MCC Effect,' the ability of MCC to provide incentives for nations to adopt policy reforms and strengthen institutions in order to become eligible for an MCC compact," said Daniel W. Yohannes, MCC's chief executive officer.
