SIAM 2025: The best award -winning breeders during the animal selection competitions

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The award ceremony for the best breeding animals was held, on Friday in Meknes, on the sidelines of the 17th edition of the International Agricultural Show in Morocco (SIAM) on Friday.

Organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, in partnership with the interprofessional federations of animal production channels, these competitions rewarded the most efficient breeders in the different categories of cattle, sheep, goats and camelins.

More than 248 breeders participated in these competitions, including 51 dairy cattle breeders, 69 sheep farmers, 37 goat breeders, 66 breeders of meat breeds, 16 local breeders and 9 camel farmers. These competitions were supervised by mixed technical commissions made up of national and international experts specializing in animal selection.

The prices were awarded for various breeds, notably Montbéliard, Holstein, Limousine, Charolais or Oulmès-Zaër for cattle, and Sardi, Timahdit, Boujaad, D’Arja, Noire de Siroua, Blonde de Montagne for sheep. The competitions also covered several goat breeds such as the Drâa, the Ghazalia or the Black of the Atlas.

In a statement to the MAP, the president of the National Association of Ovins and Caprins (ANOC), Abderrahmane Majdoubi, noted that these competitions, initiated since 2006, have contributed significantly to the improvement of the technical level of ovine and goat farming in Morocco, noting that nearly 107 exhibitors, from all regions of the kingdom, participated this year, representing about twenty different breeds, specimens reaching up to 170 kg.

He also pointed out that the ANOC has mobilized some 1,500 breeders to visit the competition stands, in order to strengthen the sharing of good practices and encourage continuous improvement in performance in farms.

Note that the breeding pole within Siam brought together around 679 heads, divided between 132 dairy cattle, 96 cattle of meat breed, 16 cattle of local breed, 426 ovins and goats, as well as 9 camelins, thus testifying to the diversity and richness of the exhibited livestock.

Placed under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, SIAM 2025, which knows the participation of 1,500 exhibitors from 70 countries, continues until the 27 current 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.