Goats and argan trees between balance and valorisation

As has been the custom for several years, the province of Essaouira, renowned for its local produce and its argan-fed kid goat with its quite unique taste and virtues, hosted the Southern Goat Fair and local products from 30 November to 2 December 2012 under the theme "Goat-Argan: balance and valorisation".This year's programme is rich and focused essentially on the theme of labelling the argan-fed kid goat, while also highlighting the issue of ecological balances in light of the problems linked to the argan tree.To this end, the Chamber of Agriculture hosted a seminar on 29 November and 1 December 2012 under the theme "Agricultural advice and valorisation on goat farming" and "Labelling of the argan-fed kid goat, ecological balance, and development of the argan tree".In this context, participants addressed the two axes from a health perspective on the one hand, by discussing goat patho…