Awareness of fruit arboriculture

An awareness meeting on the role of the fruit arboriculture sector in local development was organised recently in Sefrou for the benefit of farmers in the region. Initiated by the Regional Directorate of Agriculture of Fes-Boulemane in partnership with the Federation for the Development of Arboriculture in Morocco (FEDAM), this meeting was an opportunity to mentor the farmers of the region and present to them the best ways to develop this sector and accelerate its integration into the national economy and strengthen its competitiveness. Abdelaziz Ismaili, head of the high-value-added agricultural sectors service at the DRA, took this opportunity to draw up an assessment of the arboriculture sector in the Fes-Boulemane region. "The fruit tree sector (rosaceae) occupies third place after those of cereals and olives, with an area of 11,150 ha and a total production of 123,210 tonnes per ye…