(MENAFN- Morocco World News) Moroccan government has allocated more than MAD 5 billion to a three-point plan to face the delayed rain effects Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry said Friday.
The implementation of this plan will require MAD 4.5 billion in addition to a potential MAD 1.25 billion by the insurance operation the ministry pointed out in a statement which was issued following a meeting chaired by Head of Government in application to King Mohammed VI’s instructions to provide support to farmers. The first point related to protecting livestock provides for providing subsidized barely supply nationwide building facilities to water the cattle and monitoring livestock health through an additional vaccination program. The second point related to protecting plant resources provides notably for guaranteeing irrigation to rain-dependent agriculture (93000 ha) and safeguarding cereal seeds for the next crop year. As for the third point related to maintaining balances in rural areas priority will be given to supplying drinking water for people living in remote areas. A particular attention will also be paid to the implementation of projects of solidarity-based agriculture as it represents a challenge in terms of income and employment generation. The meeting was attended by ministers of Interior Economy and Finance Agriculture and Fisheries Energy Mines Water and Environment. According to the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry 2015-2016 crop year has been marked by delayed rainfall since November amounting to a rainfall deficit of 63 pc compared to a normal year. MWN with MAP
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