This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press. Rabat
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests, Ahmed Bouari, declared today Friday in Kampala that Morocco reaffirmed its willingness to share its experience in the agricultural field with countries Africans, as part of the Royal Vision for the South. -Southern Cooperation, with the aim of building a solid, more flexible and more prosperous future.
In a statement to the Arab Maghreb Press on the occasion of the summit of the Global Program for the Development of African Agriculture, Mr. Bouari stressed that the Kingdom of Morocco renewed, during this event, its commitment to continue its efforts to transform its food system and make it more comprehensive, flexible and sustainable, with the aim of achieving the objectives set out in the Malabo Declaration of 2017. 2014, on the transformation of African agriculture.
The minister, who heads a large Moroccan delegation to this summit, held from January 9 to 11 in the Ugandan capital, noted that Morocco’s sectoral strategies and efforts focus, in line with the new development model, on the achievement of a profound and lasting transformation. food systems, while giving priority to the human element.
In this context, the government official mentioned the agricultural strategy “Green Generation 2020-2030”, the “Forests of Morocco 2020-2030” strategy and the “Haliotis” strategy, stressing that these initiatives have contributed to the construction of a system flexible agricultural, recognized at the continental level.
He stressed that this flexibility was highlighted in the evaluations linked to the monitoring reports of the Action Plan of the Malabo Declaration (biennial), where Morocco ranks first in North Africa and second at the continental level after the Rwanda.
The minister added that the summit, which aims to renew the commitment of Member States to implement initiatives linked to the transformation of African agriculture for the period 2025-2035, represented an opportunity to highlight the effective role of Morocco, since its return to the African Union in 2017, emphasizing that the Kingdom has been able to harmonize and coordinate its national strategies with the commitments set out in the Malabo Declaration of 2014.
The work of the summit of the Global Program for the Development of African Agriculture began Thursday in Kampala, with the participation of a Moroccan delegation led by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests , Ahmed Al-Bouari, and including the Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture, Radwan Arash, and the Acting Director of Irrigation and Agricultural Development, Zakaria Al-Yaqoubi, as well as the Ambassador of Morocco to the United Republic of Tanzania and the Union of the Comoros, Zakaria El Comiri.
The summit, organized by the African Union Commission, attracts more than 2,000 participants, including heads of state, government officials, representatives of the private sector and civil society, as well as experts and academics.
Participants in this summit, which is being held under the slogan “One voice, one land”, will focus on the preparation and adoption of the Action Plan for the Comprehensive Agricultural Development Program in Africa (2026-2035) and the Kampala Declaration.
