The contribution of the sector highlighted: Azrou celebrates its apple trees

The second Azrou apple tree meeting, a space for consultation and promotion of apple growing, discussed this weekend the contribution of the sector to the sustainable development of this mountainous area, considered as one of the important apple production basins in the whole country.The fruit of the coordination of a set of regional agricultural actors, this meeting brought together, around the central theme "Apple growing: a promising sector for local development", eminent researchers, agricultural executives and professionals of the sector, who debated, among other things, ways to upgrade the sector to meet the challenges imposed by free trade agreements, climate change and the scourge of fire blight, but also problems of standardisation and marketing.The agro-industry development strategy was also raised by professionals in the sector, who find themselves confronted with difficultie…