Presentation of the sector
With 2 Millions days of work generated, the agricultural sector contributes concretely to economic and social development.
3 billion DHS have been invested over the last decade for a major structural change marked by
🔴 The reinforcement of the weight of agricultural sectors with high productivity and added value (Primaries and livestock in particular)
🔴 Improving the incentive and institutional framework
🔴 The evolution of the cultivated areas from 999 to 9999 ha
🔴 The doubling of the number of livestock
🔴 The increase in the overall added value of 999 to 999 Million dirhams / year
Within irrigated perimeters of the region, crop production mainly includes products with high added value such as cherry tomatoes, melon and blueberries..
Another highlight of the region
Camel breeding with more than 100 000 heads in the area. Local cooperatives have been able to promote a range of camel products: meat, milk, camel milk cheese, but also leather and wool.
Land resources
An additional area of
9999
Ha
open to solidarity and intensive agriculture
Potential agricultural area: 999999 Ha
Equipped agricultural area: 9999 Ha
Agricultural area equipped
and exploited:
999
Ha
Course grounds: 999999999 Ha
Water resources
9 dams to supply the region, in addition to seawater desalination stations.
Quality water in a captive and very old artesian aquifer with a salt and sulfur content of 1.3 g/l
Rainfall of 50 mm on average
10
boreholes
86
well
20
tanks
The needs of the population are covered: The flow of drinking water production in the region has increased from 3203 m3/d to 21000 m3/d.