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The agricultural sector is expected to display forecast growth of 5.1% for the 2024-2025 campaign, against -4.8% recorded last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests.
“Thanks to the combined efforts of the Department of Agriculture and Professionals in the Sector, and taking into account the positive effect of improving climatic conditions on production sectors, agricultural added value should record forecast growth of 5.1% against -4.8% recorded last year,” said the ministry in a press release published on the sidelines of the 17th International Agriculture Show in Morocco (SIAM).
Despite the difficult start of the current agricultural campaign, the important rains recorded during the month of March and early April made it possible to straighten the situation of the cereal campaign, notes the same source.
Indeed, the pluviometric cumulative at the national level reached 293 mm, an increase of 19% compared to the previous campaign and a drop of 18% compared to a normal year, specifies the ministry.
The temporal distribution of precipitation under the current campaign was characterized by early rains in October favorable to the installation of autumn crops, but followed by a prolonged rainfall deficit during the period from November to last February, coupled with an increase in temperatures during the month of November.
It was not until March that the situation has improved thanks to the significant rains and the snowfall that had a beneficial impact on the growth of autumn cereals.
Thus, the area strewn in main cereals for this campaign is 2.62 million hectares against 2.47 million hectares in 2023/2024, an increase 6%. The forecast production of the three main cereals under the 2024-2025 agricultural campaign is estimated at 44 million quintals (MQX) against 31 MQX in 2023-2024, up 41% compared to the previous campaign.
By species, forecast production is 24 MQX for tender wheat, 10 MQX for durum wheat and 9.5 mqx for barley.
In terms of regional distribution, three regions participate up to 80% in national production. These are Fès-Meknès (36%), Rabat-Salé-Kénitra (28%) and Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (16%).
Placed under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, SIAM 2025, which knows the participation of 1,500 exhibitors from 70 countries, is initiated under the theme “Agriculture and rural world: water at the heart of sustainable development”.
A true crossroads of agricultural policies, this fair constitutes a highlight to promote exchanges, consolidate international partnerships and highlight the concrete responses with the challenges that the agricultural sector is confronted.
