Morocco aims to double dates production by 2030

• Published date: 02 November 2022
• Publication title: Philippines News agency

Morocco aims to double its dates production by 2030 to reach 300,000 tons per year, against 149,000 tons in 2021, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests.

This goal will be achieved through the implementation of the new strategy Generation Green 2020-2030 which provides, among other things, for the planting of 5 million plants, including 3 million at the traditional palm, the Ministry said in a document made public on the occasion of the International Dates Fair (SIDATTES 2022), held on Oct. 27-30 in Erfoud.

The declination of the 2020-2030 new Generation Green strategy for the development of the sector of date palm aims to continue the rehabilitation of the traditional palm grove and the extension of plantations outside the palm grove, the...