The North Africa Journal (Boston, USA)

Morocco: Dh 200 Million for Supplementary Irrigation

6 September 2000

Marrakech — The Hassan II Fund for Economic and Social Development has allocated Dh200 million to finance a 30% subsidy for new supplementary irrigation installations.

Supplementary irrigation provides water at critical phases in the crop growth cycle if sufficient rainwater is not available, and is intended to save harvests when drought strikes in areas not regularly irrigated.

The subsidy is aimed primarily at stabilizing the cereals harvest, and farmers benefiting from it must devote half their equipped land to cereals and use water-conserving irrigation techniques.

The Agriculture Ministry hopes to bring 97,000 hectares under supplementary irrigation over the next five years. [Upline Securities]

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