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The work of the meeting of the first Mediterranean Regional Conference on Agroecology of the international initiative “4 per 1000” under the theme “Together, let’s support soil health in the Mediterranean context” opened under the presidency of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests Redouane Arrach, offering the experts present the opportunity to address the major environmental challenges facing the Mediterranean, including land degradation, scarcity of water resources and the growing impact of climate change on agriculture.
Held over two days, the conference will result in the proposal of an implementation path from policy to action, through a “4 per 1000” regional roadmap. This will also be used to formulate recommendations concerning soil health and agroecology which will be examined during the CIHEAM ministerial meeting which will take place on October 25 in Rabat.
This conference was co-organized with CIHEAM, the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV), IAV Hassan II, the French Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, the Center of International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development (CIRAD), the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE), the National Institute of Agricultural Research in Morocco, the International Center for Agricultural Research in Arid Areas (ICARDA), the Foundation for Agriculture and Rurality in the World (FARM) as well as Crédit Agricole du Maroc.
