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On this occasion, the Head of Government recalled the particular interest that Morocco accords, Under the enlightened leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, to the agricultural sector and the rural world, in with a view to achieving integrated development and creating added value, through successive strategies based on the restructuring of agriculture, improving productivity, placing investment at the heart of the agricultural equation, as well as as on the promotion of human capital, indicates a press release from the Department of the Head of Government.
For his part, the Director General of the FAO welcomed the Moroccan experience in agriculture and the food processing industry, considering that the strategies adopted by Morocco over the last twenty years under the enlightened leadership of His Majesty the King, can constitute an example to follow for the different African countries. He assured that FAO intends to develop its partnership with the Kingdom in a way that is beneficial to other African countries.
The two parties also reviewed the mechanisms for strengthening the permanent strategic partnership between Morocco and the FAO, which manages a portfolio in the Kingdom estimated at some $22 million in the areas of permaculture and development. rural, as well as in terms of urgent interventions, underlines the same source.
They also welcomed the technical support offered by FAO, which has evolved significantly, through the implementation in the field of projects responding to specific needs, towards a strategic partnership based on a programming approach. .
These talks were an opportunity to emphasize the importance of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa, for which the government has mobilized all the conditions for success, in order to make it an opportunity to exchanging good practices, prospecting partnerships and examining innovative solutions around agriculture and food systems, adds the press release.
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