The African Development Bank Group Vice President in charge of Agriculture and Human and Social Development, Beth Dunford will pay a working visit to Morocco from March 24 to 29, according to an AfDB press release.
During her stay, Dunford will meet with senior Moroccan officials including Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water, Mohamed Sadiki, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, and Water and Forests, as well as Faouzi Lekjaa, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy and Finance, in charge of the Budget, the same source said.
It added that these talks should enable the Bank Group and the Kingdom of Morocco to map out the prospects for developing their partnership.
The Vice President will also pay a field visit to see the impact of Bank-financed operations.
She will visit a water treatment plant serving the population of Marrakech, the statement said. Dunford stressed that “Morocco is a founding member and major shareholder of the Bank. It is also our first partner”.
“Its new development model reflects strong ambitions in strategic sectors such as water and agriculture. We have supported these sectors for more than 230 million US dollars to strengthen access to drinking water and consolidate the climatic resilience of agriculture in a context of unprecedented drought,” she added.
Dunford’s visit to Morocco is part of the Bank’s ongoing commitment to support more sustainable and inclusive growth for people in Africa.
Morocco and the African Development Bank Group have a fifty-year partnership, the text noted, recalling that the institution has allocated more than 12 billion U.S. dollars of financing to the Kingdom.
As of March 2022, the Bank Group’s active portfolio totals close to US$ 4 billion in the social and human development, water and sanitation, agriculture, energy, transport and private sector areas.
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