Morocco is making all out efforts to make the young population interested in Agriculture. There are two serious reasons for that. Foremost is the decline in agricultural production, which was the hallmark of the country some time back. Secondly, with agriculture becoming obsolete and unproductive, youngsters are migrating to cities in search of employment and livelihood. The changes are being effected by organizations like Al Haouz, cooperatives, which have improved their production techniques of agriculture. About 33,000 smallholder farmers and herders are involved in the project. The program also aims at empowering women
Agriculture’s share in Morocco’s GDP is 15 per cent and largely determines the growth level of the economy. The agriculture, fishing, and forestry sector constitute about 45% of the total workforce. There is no uniform set of agriculture undertaken by the farmers. The type of agriculture pursued are modern, private, irrigated, highly capitalized, and export-oriented farms producing mostly fruit and vegetables. Moroccan agricultural methods remain mostly traditional with limited applications of production inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides and mechanization. Grains account for over 60% of agricultural production. The area planted for wheat has expanded due to increased government support. The prevalence of small farms, complicated inherited land status, and increasing land prices are serious challenges to agricultural policy makers.
Morocco is a net importer of agricultural and related products, which generally consist of imports of bulk commodities and exports of high-value, consumer-oriented products. The European Union is Morocco’s primary trading partner, accounting for about 60% of Morocco’s agricultural exports. Wheat, feed grains, soybeans, soybean meal, and soybean oil, pulses, live animals and genetics, beef, poultry, dairy products, dried fruit and nuts
