This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Ahmed Al-Musaed
Tuesday, December 17, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests chaired the work of the second session of the Board of Directors of the Regional Agricultural Investment Office of Malouia for the year 2024.
The meeting took place in the presence of the president of the Eastern Chamber of Agriculture, representatives of the Province of the Eastern Region and the regions of Berkane, Nador and Taourirt, the representative of the Regional Council of the East, the President of the Regional Council of Taourirt, the representative of the Regional Council of Berkane, the representative of the Regional Council of Nador and the rest of the members of the Board of Directors, the work of the Council was mainly devoted to the presentation of the financial achievements of the office for the year 2024, in addition to the work program. and draft budget for 2025.
The progress of the implementation of the regional program to reduce the impact of the rainfall deficit and the economic situation was examined, since 3,087,000 quintals have been allocated since 2023 to the region, divided into 3 components. An information system has also been developed to monitor distribution. process with the aim of improving the service, increasing its efficiency and ensuring its sustainability. Distribution of 2.2 million quintals of enriched barley, 114,460 quintals of compound feed and 10,922 quintals of nitrogen fertilizers and 3.5 million dirhams were allocated to the transport of barley.
Regarding the assessment of achievements for the year 2024, positive indicators were achieved, since the regional office was able to achieve a compliance rate of 99% for performance credits, 97% for commitment credits and 71% as performance rate for the whole. investment budget appropriations until December 16, 2024, as planned to achieve 99% compliance and 80% performance. The recovery rate of current irrigation water debts reached 88% during the same period and is expected to reach 92% by December 31, 2024.
An overview was also given on the most important ongoing and expected projects, including the Cardamom Irrigation Sectors Upgrade Project, which will save 15 million cubic meters per year of irrigation water, and the project to modernize the irrigation sectors and convert them to drip irrigation, which will save 40 million cubic meters per year. The emergency program which allowed the construction of a special pipeline for the supply of drinking water, isolated from the main canal on both banks, over a length of 80 km, and the construction and equipment of the water station. pumping of the left channel to improve the supply of drinking water. For the towns of Zayou and Nador and the improvement of the drinking water supply to the towns of Berkane, Nador and Driouch through the creation and implementation of new compact stations to extract metals from new drillings. A project to restructure the main irrigation water supply and transportation facilities was also presented, and a study was launched to complete the canals and irrigation water supply and distribution facilities desalination linked to the seawater desalination plant project.
Concerning the work program and the draft budget for 2025, they are particularly interested in achieving the objectives set by both the regional agricultural strategy “Green Generation” and the national program for drinking water supply and irrigation 2020 -2027. With an allocated investment budget estimated at 532 million dirhams, of which 97% is devoted to the continued implementation of the national irrigation water saving program, to the improvement of water service. water and the rehabilitation of small, medium and large irrigation schemes.
The members of the Board of Directors also praised the serious and effective work carried out by the regional office to contribute to agricultural development in its area of influence. They also stressed the need to support the office with the necessary resources for it to bear fruit. carry out its tasks in the service of the agricultural sector in the Eastern region and carry out future projects which are part of the regional plan of the new agricultural strategy “Green Generation” 2020-2030.
In his speech closing the work of the Council.
In Al-Ahir, the secretary general of the ministry congratulated the management of the regional office and its managers for the results and indicators achieved, praising the governance system in place and stressing the need to continue to engage and mobilize all energies for the successful implementation of the new agricultural strategy in the eastern region.
