Eid al-Adha: Sadiki holds a meeting with professionals in the red meat sector

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The Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, Mohamed Sadiki, held a meeting on Monday in Rabat with professionals in the red meat sector, as part of preparations for the ‘Eid al-Adha.

During this meeting, Mr. Sadiki underlined the importance of taking stock of the situation of the red meat sector, faced with current challenges such as drought and inflation, as well as the repercussions of the Covid crisis. -19, which disrupted its production balance. This meeting was also an opportunity to study the supply situation of the national market in terms of red meat and to discuss the measures to be taken to ensure the supply and stability of this market, he said. it belongs.

For his part, the president of the COPAG cooperative, Moulay M’hamed Loultiti, said that the meeting aims to discuss the supply of the national market with red meats in view of Eid al-Adha, and the balance between national production, internal consumption needs and import needs.

The president of the National Association of Sheep and Goat Breeders (ANOC), Abderrahmane Mejdoubi, for his part, stressed that the operation to identify the sheep and goat herd intended for sacrifice on the occasion of Eid al -Adha began a month and ten days ago and now more than 2 million heads have been identified, ensuring that the operation is taking place in a “very normal” manner.