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The southern provinces received a total of 115,000 quintals of subsidized barley from the targeted safeguard program set up by the Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests for the benefit of pastoralists areas affected by the lack of rain.


The Ministry of Agriculture, Marine Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests announced the implementation of a targeted safeguarding program which consists of the distribution of 2.5 million quintals of subsidized barley for the next quarter for the benefit of breeders in areas affected by the lack of rain.

The idea is to provide barley to farmers at a fixed price of 200 dirhams per quintal (2 dirhams per kilogram) to subsidize animal feed.As part of the operation, which was launched in early April, the state is transferring barley from sales outlets to rural communities that are far from the relay center.

In this framework, the regional direction of agriculture of the region of Laâyoune Sakia El Hamra allocated 45,000 quintals of subsidized barley to preserve the herd and help farmers affected by the lack of rain in the provinces of Smara, Boujdour and Tarfaya, or 15,000 quintals per province, and 30,000 quintals for the province of Laâyoune.

For the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region, the Regional Directorate of Agriculture (DRA) provided for some 40,000 quintals of subsidized barley for the benefit of breeders in the provinces of Oued Eddahab and Aousserd, to respond to the impact of low precipitation, estimated at 88% compared to the average precipitation rate.

In accordance with preventive measures against the new coronavirus, representatives of farmers have been appointed to obtain the share of each farmer in order to avoid overcrowding in relay centers.The operation will continue for three months (April-May-June).
-News on Western Sahara / Corcas-

 

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