Thursday February 9, 2012

Tags (8) : agriculture

EU: Resistance against free trade agreement with Morocco

Yacout Info | 2011-10-12 | News
Lobbyists from Southern Europe resist a free trade agreement for the free trade in agricultural products of the European Union with Morocco. This agreement was accepted by the Moroccan Parliament in December 2010 and has been waiting for ratification by the European Union since then and is blocked...
agriculture, EU, free trade agreement, Morocco, Southern Europe, Spain

USAID Launches New Program 'Economic Competitiveness of Morocco'

Yacout Info | 2010-06-26 | News
As part of the continuous bilateral cooperation between Morocco and the United States, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID-Rabat) launches its new program 'Economic Competitiveness of Morocco," with a budget of $34 million, on Wednesday, June 30, from 10:00 to 12:30 at the Hotel...
agriculture, economy, job market, Morocco, new program, USAID, USAID Rabat, water resources

Morocco, Russia Boosting Agricultural Cooperation

Yacout Info | 2010-06-08 | News
The means to boost agricultural cooperation were at the heart of a meeting held in Moscow between Moroccan Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Aziz Akhannouch and Russian Agriculture Minister Elinia Skrynnik, writes Mokhtar Thabet for Global Arab Network. The two officials examined the agriculture...
agriculture, Elinica Skrynnik Russian Minis, morocco, russia

Signs of Economic Recovery in Morocco

Yacout Info | 2010-05-19 | News
The Moroccan economy is showing some positive momentum after a difficult time reacting to global economic crisis. With demand from European consumers picking up, Morocco is beginning to tally some good news,writes the North Africa Journal. Although there is some temptation to credit European...
agriculture, Moroccan Economy, Tourism receipts

Morocco - 30% growth in agriculture sector last 4 years

Yacout Info | 2010-04-28 | News
The agricultural gross domestic product (AGDP) reached 115 billion dirhams in 2009, that is an increase of 30% compared to 2005, Morocco Agriculture Minister, Aziz Akhannouch told the Moroccan News Agency, reports Global Arab Network Speaking at the opening of the 3rd meeting on Agriculture, the...
(AGDP), agriculture, Aziz Akhannouch, Morocco

Morocco's organic farming is growing

Yacout Info | 2010-02-16 | News
SHOUL, Morocco — On a 50-acre farmstead outside the country’s capital, the scene did little to evoke agriculture on the cutting edge: Two lanky men in mud boots labored across a loamy field, reports Erik German for GlobalPost. Slowly and by hand, they dropped seeds into rows of furrowed dirt....
agriculture, farming, morocco, organic

Fishing Expansion

OBG | 2009-11-12 | Economy
Morocco's wide-reaching agricultural reform drive has been extended to the fishing industry. At the end of September, the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Maritime Fishing unveiled Plan Halieutis, a series of development projects and targets for the fishing sector's expansion and...
agriculture, fishing, moroccan economy, morocco

Morocco Agribusiness Report Q4 2009

companiesandmarkets.com | 2009-10-01 | Economy
Morocco Agribusiness Report Q4 2009 (by Business Monitor International) - a new market research report summary on companies and markets.com Agriculture is Morocco's largest employer, accounting for almost half of the population, although its contribution to GDP is considerably less than both the...
agribusiness, agriculture, economy, moroccan economy, morocco, tourism and agriculture


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