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The budgetary envelope of the Agency for Agricultural Development (ADA) for the period 2025-2027 is estimated at 436 million dirhams (MDH), indicates the report on public establishments and enterprises (EEP) accompanying the draft law. finances (PLF) for next year.
This envelope is distributed between investment (228 MDH) and operation (208 MDH), specifies this report published on the website of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, adding that the ADA provides for the period 2025-2027 to continue to support the “Green Generation” agricultural strategy and to strengthen actions to promote local products.
In terms of closing forecasts for 2024, the investment amount planned for 157.53 MDH, will be realized to the tune of 148 MDH.
The said report highlights that the ADA plays a central role in the coordination, planning and monitoring of solidarity agriculture projects, as well as in the promotion of agricultural investment through public-private partnerships (PPP). The Agency also supports the development of the marketing of local products and encourages youth entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector.
Indeed, in 2023, the ADA carried out major projects, notably PPPs on 121,331 hectares of agricultural land spread over 1,680 projects, with a forecast investment of 23 billion dirhams (billion dirhams) and the creation of 67,000 permanent jobs.
These projects also include the development of collective agricultural land, with significant contributions to the finalization of decrees relating to financial aid for members of ethnic communities and young people.
The new generation agricultural aggregation program has progressed with the approval of 31 projects and the certification of 78 projects, representing a forecast investment of 13 billion dirhams. In addition, in 2023, the ADA structured its entrepreneurship support offer, put into service a dedicated digital platform and launched the second edition of the national “Agriyoung Innovate” competition. The platform allowed the review of 6,875 project ideas, with 813 approved. Collective land development projects covered 4,600 hectares and 29 solidarity agriculture projects for an investment of 584 million dirhams.
