{"id":12723,"date":"2025-10-21T14:21:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mipa.institute\/?p=12723"},"modified":"2026-04-08T10:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:41:51","slug":"food-sovereignty-in-morocco-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mipa.institute\/?p=12723&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Food Sovereignty in Morocco \u2013 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Food sovereignty in Morocco<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Report<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">This report, produced by the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis, analyzes Morocco&#8217;s current state of food sovereignty. It relies on a selective sample of scientific studies and official data, complemented by field research in the agricultural regions of Doukkala and Abda.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">The report examines the variability of domestic food production, the composition of the national food system, and the extent of its dependency on imported commodities such as cereals, sugar, and animal feed. It further explores this dependency&#8217;s financial and public health implications, including state expenditures on price stabilization and the nutritional shift towards higher caloric intake.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">The analysis also assesses the agro-export model, highlighting its reliance on imported inputs, from energy and fertilizers to genetic resources, and its subsequent impacts on local resources, particularly water. The report concludes that recent political preferences aimed at reinforcing agricultural exports have incurred significant environmental and social costs, including water resource depletion and changing labor dynamics.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">To address these challenges, the report proposes recommendations centered on making food sovereignty a priority in public policy. These include strengthening the climate resilience of farming systems, promoting food citizenship through education, harmonizing agricultural and food policies to reduce dependency, and ensuring greater support for smallholder farmers to foster territorial equity.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">This report was prepared by Mohammed Taher Srairi, Professor of Animal Production and Biotechnology at the Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute.<\/div>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">This report has been conducted within the Just Transition Green Bridge project, a three-year action (2023-2025) implemented by a regional consortium led by the Arab Reform Initiative in collaboration with Alternative Policy Solutions \u2013 American University in Cairo, and the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis. 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