The first drone surveillance operation to monitor areas cultivated with cannabis plants began on Tuesday in the Taounate province.
The, operation, first of its kind, is overseen by the National Agency for the Regulation of Activities Related to Cannabis, and coincides with the inauguration of the first processing plant for legal cannabis in the same province.
The operation aims to monitor and track legally cultivated areas in the three regions authorized to grow this plant.
According to information obtained by Hespress, the National Agency for the Regulation of Activities Related to Cannabis has acquired three drones to monitor the three regions authorized to cultivate cannabis: Hoceima, Chefchaouen, and Taounate.
The agency has also trained specialized teams to track monitoring operations and inventory cultivated areas.
In addition, the agency is working on creating a special platform to track the path of various cannabis products, from seeds to the final product, as part of digitizing the entire process.
In parallel with this operation, field visits are being organized to follow up and listen to cooperatives and stakeholders in the field.
The current season targets the cultivation of more than 2,500 hectares of legal cannabis, compared to 286 hectares last year, in addition to granting licenses to 170 cooperatives compared to only 32 cooperatives last year, and granting licenses to more than 2,700 farmers compared to only 430 farmers last year.
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