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04 Sep 2010
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Record forecast production of dates
The forecast production of the date palm, which constitutes the main agricultural activity in Tafilalet, should reach about 35,000 tonnes this year, an increase of nearly five thousand tonnes compared to the last agricultural season.
According to the Regional Office for Agricultural Development of Tafilalet (ORMVA/TF), the early harvest of this fruit, which generally begins around mid-October, coincided this year with the month of Ramadan, during which the date market experiences great commercial dynamism.Regarding the prices expected for this season, they will vary between 15 and 100 DH, depending on the varieties, thus recording, the same source adds, a clear drop after the surge at the beginning of this month, which curbed the enthusiasm of customers.Whether in Errachidia, Aoufous, Rissani, or Erfoud, the date markets are being stormed during this second half of Ramadan by customers and potential resellers, and the supply is increasingly abundant both in terms of quality and variety.While the production of the "Majhoul" variety, known for its nutritional quality, only constitutes 1% of the region's overall produc…
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