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Morocco’s African-oriented economic approach is starting to bear fruit. According to the group’s earnings report for 2017’s first half, the OCP achieved an exceptional performance on the African market, with the continent accounting for 40 percent of Moroccan fertilizer exports.
Morocco was the major supplier of fruits and vegetables to Spain in the first half of 2017, with a total value of EUR 404 million, a press release published by the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers and Exporters of Fruits,Vegetables, Flowers, and Live Plants(FEPEX) ...
Moroccan companies are expecting a notable increase in industrial production for the last quarter of 2017, but they still lack visibility in terms of sales, according to the monthly economic survey conducted by Bank Al-Maghrib for July.
Currently, the kingdom has three coal-fired power stations with a total capacity of about 2.5GW, in addition to the two projects carried out in the cities of Safi and Jerada with a combined capacity of 1.7GW.
Moroccan Minister of Agriculture Aziz Akhannouch inaugurated and supervised the developments of the realization of agricultural projects, with a total budget of MAD 1.8 billion, in Tinghir on Monday.
Nigeria and Morocco have set up a steering committee to develop a sustainable crop insurance scheme for the country.
Morocco received approval for a US $25 million loan from the Climate Investment Funds' Clean Technology Fund (CIF CTF) for a project to generate solar power through an innovative hybrid Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Photovoltaic (PV) solution.
The production of beet in marocca will be estimated at 1.5 million tonnes in 2017.