Out of 4,864 Moroccans who participated in a survey by the conducted by the Moroccan Center for Citizenship (CMC), 90% said they were dissatisfied with the Green Morocco Plan.
Conducted from March 3 to 31, 2023, the study published Wednesday indicates shows that respondents are not convinced of the results of this initiative, in terms of ensuring food security in the country.
The electronic questionnaire recorded the participation of 4,864 people, of different age groups, representing all regions of Morocco.
Regarding the participants’ level of knowledge about the scheme, 66.2% confirmed being informed about it, while 31.1% know little and 1.8% know nothing. 0.9% of the participants said they had already received support from the Green Morocco Plan.
In the details of the figures, 89.3% of the participants in the survey said that they were generally dissatisfied with the Green Morocco Plan.
94.2% felt that it had not been able to reduce the prices of agricultural products, while 86.8% said that the plan had not improved living conditions in the rural world.
Even more seriously, 83.7% of the participants felt that the program had failed to improve national food security, while 72.7% said that the Plan had failed to support young people in creating their projects in the agricultural sector.
In addition, the survey results showed that 57.2% of the participants said that the plan had failed to create additional job opportunities in the field.
Furthermore, 85.2% said that the program had not contributed to an increase in the quantity of products available on the national market, while 93.9% felt that the main beneficiaries of the Green Morocco Plan were large-scale farmers.
88.4% believe that the program is mainly focused on export and foreign exchange earnings, at the expense of the Kingdom’s food security.
In another register, 87.3% of the participants said they were dissatisfied with the degree of communication of the ministry in charge of the Green Morocco Plan. 91.5% said that the Parliament did not play its role in the monitoring and evaluation of the Plan.
Of the 294 farmers who participated in the survey, 24 said they had received support from the scheme, or 8.2%.
Based on the results of this survey, the center recommended working on an independent external evaluation of the Green Morocco Plan, in accordance with international standards.
It also called for importance to be given to the impact study on citizens, in parallel with a national debate on the priorities of food sovereignty.
The CMC also recommended directing public support to small farmers, the main suppliers of the domestic market, and to value-added investments with a direct impact on citizens.
It also called for public support for agriculture to be used as a lever for youth employment in the rural world.
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