A twinning project between Morocco and the European Union (EU) was launched this Wednesday in Rabat, to strengthen the aquaculture sector in the Kingdom.
This twinning project will last six months and is financed by the EU to the tune of 250,000 euros. It will be implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Ministry of the Sea in France.
Registered under the multisectoral cooperation program “Succeeding in the Advanced Status” (RSA II) funded by the EU, this institutional twinning project aims to support the efforts of the National Agency for the Development of Aquaculture (ANDA) in supporting the installation of aquaculture projects and provide operators in this sector with practical tools for good management and conduct of farms, while falling within a biosafety approach.
Moroccan Minister of Agriculture Mohamed Sadiki noted that “this project is part of a national context marked by the initiation of several productive investment projects in marine aquaculture and a strong mobilization of actors and stakeholders for the development of a sustainable and competitive aquaculture sector.”
For her part, EU Ambassador to Morocco, Patricia Llombart Cussac, highlighted the importance of this partnership, which will create more than 4,000 direct jobs in addition to indirect jobs in the aquaculture sector.
Cussac says this is “an innovative sector” that can largely contribute to the growth of the country, in addition to having a direct impact on fishermen.
The French ambassador to Morocco, Helene Le Gal, noted that this twinning project with France will be a great support in the development of good practices in the aquaculture sector, aimed at providing private actors in the sector of relevant and essential instruments to their positioning on the chessboard of responsible aquaculture producers.
A team of French experts will be mobilized to strengthen the capacities of institutional and private actors in the areas of biosafety, good aquaculture practices and the labelling of national aquaculture products, according to the signatory officials.
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