According to ANRAC data, 2,737 authorizations were granted to 2,637 farmers in the regions of Taounate, Chefchaouen and Al Hoceima, for the activity of growing and producing cannabis, compared to 430 authorizations granted in 2023 and 168 authorizations to 61 operators. (1 pharmaceutical establishment, 16 cooperatives, 37 companies and 7 individuals).
The 168 authorizations granted to operators, which are in addition to the 179 issued in 2023, are distributed between 48 authorizations for industrial purposes, one (01) for the processing activity for medical purposes, 45 for the marketing activity , 39 for export purposes, 7 for seed import purposes and 28 for transport activity, the same source specifies.
ANRAC reports the granting by the National Food Safety Office (ONSSA) of 73 authorizations to use Beldia seed for an area of 1,262 Ha in favor of 73 production cooperatives (1,225 farmers) and 11 import authorizations for an area of 286 Ha in favor of 22 production cooperatives (285 farmers).
As of April 23, the areas sown with cannabis in Taounate, Chefchaouen and Al Houceima amounted to 757 Ha for Beldia seed (903 farmers), notes the Agency, specifying that 42 cannabis products were manufactured from legal production of 2023, and filed for registration with the Directorate of Medicines and Pharmacy (DMP) of the Ministry of Health by three operators and a cooperative transformation.
These include 11 cosmetic and personal hygiene products and 31 food supplement products.
Also, as of April 23, 2024, the Ministry of Health issued 7 registration certificates, two concern food supplements (herbal teas) and five cosmetic and personal hygiene products, knowing that the other products which are in currently being examined by the DMP, will soon benefit from registration certificates, the same source would like to specify.
Likewise, an operator and a cooperative carried out, on April 23, 2024, the export of 65.5 kg of cannabis products to Switzerland (55.5 kg of CBD resin with a THC content of less than 1% and 10 kg of cannabis flowers with a THC content of less than 0.3%).
Another export operation of 30 kg of CBD resin with THC less than 1% is in the final stages of finalizing the export procedure, according to ANRAC.
Created under the provisions of Law No. 13-21 relating to the legal uses of cannabis, ANRAC ensures the implementation of the State strategy in the field of cultivation, production, manufacturing, processing, marketing, exporting cannabis and importing its products for medical, pharmaceutical and industrial purposes.
The Agency is responsible for ensuring that the status of cannabis stocks is maintained and providing the competent international body with the assessments and information requested in accordance with the Kingdom’s international commitments. It also monitors the procedures for granting authorizations to national and international operators in the medical and industrial cannabis industry, seed companies, nurseries, transport companies, in addition to the creation of the first cooperatives for processing and processing. industrialization of local products whose members are local farmers.
ANRAC is also responsible for supporting research on the use of cannabis in the medical, cosmetic and industrial fields, in addition to the simplification of administrative procedures in coordination with the administrative authorities concerned, as well as the orientation of illegal activities towards activities legal, sustainable and income-generating.