Morocco says aims to quadruple farmland leases by 2020
- Reuters
- 24 February 2014
The target is 500,000 hectares by 2020, nearly four times the current level.
The target is 500,000 hectares by 2020, nearly four times the current level.
The government is going to lease 600,000 hectares to local and foreign investors.
O governo vai arrendar 600 mil hectares para investidores locais e estrangeiros.
The member countries also agreed to draft a unified strategy for cooperation with other Arab countries that have agricultural land, including Sudan, Morocco and Yemen, as well as with African countries.
L’Agence pour le Développement Agricole du Maroc vient de lancer un nouvel appel d’offres de partenariat public-privé autour des terres agricoles du domaine privé de l’Etat.
Le Gabon Vert, fort de ses 5 millions d’hectares cultivables, est ouvert aux investisseurs.
"Today, all patriotic Africans are weeping when they see how African governments are giving out African lands, dispossessing the African people of their ancestral land, for practically next to nothing, in the name of attracting foreign investors!", writes Abba Mahmood
le roi est propriétaire de vastes exploitations agricoles, notamment sur les terres les plus fertiles du Sahara occidental. Leurs produits sont écoulés sur le marché européen à la faveur de l´Accord agricole renouvelé, la semaine dernière, avec l´Union européenne, et sous forme de monopole sur le marché local.
In the face of growing economies and rising populations, food security is fast becoming a critical issue for GCC countries. Socio-political problems that arise from food price inflation and some related unrest witnessed in many countries of the Arab world have also created an added sense of urgency.
The GCC states, debating the possible inclusion of Jordan and Morocco, can tap into the large swaths of fertile agricultural lands of both nations says Abdul Hadi Al-Habtoor
Gulf Merchant Bank launches aquaculture fund and acquires 400ha land concession.
También cuestiona el acaparamiento de tierras como sucede en Marruecos.
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