Agricultural GDP should continue to show “good resilience” with a level above 105 billion dirhams, according to the ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests.
Despite a difficult climatic situation limiting cereal production and the context of the current health emergency, the agricultural GDP will not experience a great shrinkage, the ministry said Wednesday in a statement.
Provisional estimates show that this drop will remain contained at around 5%, and this excluding the food industry, thanks to the behavior of all the other production sectors (market gardening, arboriculture, milk and meat), said the ministry.
With the exception of cereals, all other crops show a normal or, in some cases, even better condition than in the previous year.
Fruit tree cultivation behaves equally well for species that are currently entering production as well as for species that are in bloom and whose production will enter the markets from September and the following months.
This flowering phase, which is critical and decisive for yields, takes place, the ministry added, in “favorable conditions”, particularly in terms of temperature and humidity. Citrus fruit and olive trees, particularly at the flowering stage, show “good production prospects if the weather situation remains favorable in May-June”.
For annual crops, winter rotations are well balanced and ensure abundant and diversified production throughout the spring period.
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