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24 Mar 2012
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Moulay Bousselham between azure blue and strawberry red
Strawberry cultivation, a fruit highly prized on the market, is an activity traditionally maintained in the Kenitra region. A festival is dedicated to it every year.
The second Strawberry Festival of Moulay Bousselham, 75 km north of Kenitra, opened on 22 March on the theme "insurance, a fundamental support for agricultural development", in the presence of several representatives of diplomatic missions accredited to Morocco. The festival, organised by the Nalsya Development, Environment and Social Action Foundation, is intended, according to the president of the foundation and the festival, Abdelkrim Namane, to raise awareness among strawberry producers in the region about new methods of production, conservation, water saving, and environmental protection. The festival also aims, explains Mr Namane in a statement to the MAP, to promote the Gharb and Loukkos regions, which are major strawberry producers.Some 3,300 hectares were cultivated with strawberries this year, which is more than 20% more than last year, comments Mr Namane. Furthermore, strawbe…
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