Dr. M. Kadi, Ministry of Agriculture and maritime fisheries, Morocco

1. The
Green
Plan
For
Food
Security
International Conference on Policies for Water and Food
Security in Dry Areas
24th to 26th of June, Cairo, Egypt
Pr Mohamed Ait Kadi
Morocco

2. Content of this talk
WATER
AGRICULTURE TRADE
SS
FS
ü Commercial / Non commercial Agriculture
ü “Super market revolution”
ü Commodity prices volatility
IWRM
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3. Agriculture
Matters
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4. Farming
Systems
20-35%
5-10%
70-80 BMAD
45-50%
60-70%
3-4 Mio
Jobs
35-40%
10-15%
EmploymentValue
Fresh
50-55%
13 BMADDH
Processed
45-50%
Exports
High value added
Fruits & Vegetables
Grains & Forage
25%
7,4 Mio Ha
75%
Area
Livestock
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5. Importance
of
the
Smallholders
Sector
Annual income (MAD)
149 000Tomatoes
115 000Apples
66 000Citrus
7 000Olives
2 000Wheat
The poverty trap!
1.5 mio 8.7mio Ha
Farms CL
< 5 ha
> 5 ha
70%
24%
Average:
2,1 Ha per
Holding
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7. The
Challenge
Ø To reliably produce increasing supplies and more varieties
of food, mainly through higher yields using less water and
other resource inputs in an environmentally friendly
manner – and at reasonable and affordable prices for
consumers
Ø This challenge must be met as the climate changes, and as
almost every input to the food production, processing and
consumption chain increases in cost.
Ø This can only be done by mobilizing technology in all
kinds of agriculture including smallholders, using all
sources of water and achieving much better coordination,
cooperation and partnerships among the major
stakeholders involved
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8. Generating
a
Virtuous
Cycle
Investments
Productivity
/ Quality
High Value
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9. Building
on
Successes
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10. Operating
Principles
of
the
New
Vision
for
Agriculture
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11. Agriculture a positive driver of socio-
economic development &
environmental sustainability
Cross cutting Reforms + Enabling Environment
Pillar II
Smallholder
farming as a
business
Pillar I
Robust commercial
Agriculture
Holistic/transactional
Approach
Land tenure Water Trade
Domestic
Market
Doing business Value Chains Administration
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12. Pillar I: Aggressively
develop a high value/
high productivity
agricultural sector
Implementing advanced production & developing
value- add facilities through holistic value chain
interventions
700 – 900 investment projects across the
country
Attract private investors while protecting
social interests
Investment :
110-150 Md DH
10 years
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13. « OFFRE MAROC » for Investors
A WIN WIN Partnership in the context of Aggregation
Strategic aggregation
program based on
contracts with clearly
defined conditions
for each value chain
Innovative framework of incentives
(targeted subsidies, special tax regimes)
V1
Preferential land leasing
V2
Preferential access to financing
V3
Support of aggregation over the
long- term:
• Promotion
• Dispute resolution/arbitration
V4
Preferential access to trade
associated benefits
• Exports & logistics
• Branding & Quality management
• Agrotec – R&D
V5
Commitment to generate growth and
investments (upstream &
downstream)
Investments, sales& value added,
jobs, know-how
E2
Commtment to support aggregated
farmers upstream
Access to inputs and technology
Uptake garanties…
E1
Commitment to fairness
Policy of fair and attractive
remuneration to farmers
E3
Commitments made by the
State
Framework of Incentives
Commitments made by
aggregators
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14. 14
Pillar II: Smallholder
farming as a business
Lifting greatest
number of farmers
out of poverty
Investment :
15-20 Md DH
10 years
Proactive marketing to Domestic and
International Investors
Strengthening capacities of social institutions
for proper project implementation on the
ground
Reconversion Projects
Intensification Projects
Diversification Projects
300-400 projects
Catalyst for development of Oasis & Mountains
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15. WATER-AGRICULTURE-TRADE
WATER
AGRICULTURE TRADE
SS
FS
ü Commercial / Non commercial Agriculture
ü “Super market revolution”
ü Commodity prices volatility
IWRM
Mohamed AITKADI GWP/TEC
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16. Sujets
de
discussion
• Présentez les principales idées que vous allez
développer
Morocco is a highly water stressed country
with erratic rainfall and frequent droughts.
The country is reaching the end of the water
development era. Water resources
management is therefore shifting to the more
difficult task of ensuring economically,
socially and environmentally efficient water
allocation within the existing water resources
constraints.
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17. Rewable Water Resources/ca/RB
1190
853
1045
141
856
512
418
1144
161
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
River Basins
RenewableWater
Resourcesm3/ca
1
23
4
56
7
8
9
730 m3 /ca/year
Deficit/surplus
96
-219
1068
-35
-1468
-163 -126
11 -4
-2000
-1500
-1000
-500
0
500
1000
1500
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
River Basins
Mm3
Water resources
endowment/distribution
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18. Morroco’s
Water
Issues
&
Constraints
• Water demand is growing fast;
• Water availability is falling to crisis
levels;
• Overexploitation of groundwater
• Shortages are compounded by
pollution
• Low water use efficiency in irrigation;
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19. Water
Sector
Reforms
(1995/2009)
• The adoption of a long term strategy for an integrated
water resources management;
• The development of a new legal and institutional
framework to promote decentralized management and
increase stakeholder participation;
• Introducing economic incentives in water allocation
decisions through rational tariff and cost recovery;
• Taking capacity enhancing measures to meet
institutional challenges for the management of water
resources; and
• Establishing effective monitoring and control of water
quality to reduce environmental degradation
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20. § Objectives
§ Cost: 37
BMAD
1. Convert 550 000 Ha to drip
irrigation (2008-2020)
>220 000 Ha collective projects
>330 000 Ha individuals
• Increase irrigation efficiency and water productivity
THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION WATER SAVINGS PROGRAMME
§ Impacts:
Savings: 1.4
Km3

21. Upper
Catchment
Basin Agencies Irrigation agencies WUA/Farmers
Watershed Reservoir
Conveyance & Distribution
System Farm
Evaporation
Evapotranspiration
Evaporation
Seepage Operation
Seepage
Run off
Deep percolation
Leaching
Phreatophytes
Return flow and
aquifer recharge
* Reforestation
and watershed
management
* Water resource database
* Decision support systems
* Coordination
* Control
* O. & M.
* Rehabilitation
* WUA
* PPP
* Cropping patterns
* crop productivity
.*Irrigation technologies and practices
* pricing
-
- A System wide approach
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22. 100,000
300,000
500,000
700,000
900,000
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Hectares
Area converted to drip irrigation
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23. WATER-AGRICULTURE-TRADE NEXUS
WATER
AGRICULTURE TRADE
SS
FS
ü Commercial / Non commercial Agriculture
ü “Super market revolution”
ü Commodity prices volatility
IWRM
Mohamed AITKADI GWP/TEC
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24. Sujets
de
discussion
• Présentez les principales idées que vous allez
développerWith its heavy dependence on imports of
wheat, maize, oilseeds and energy for domestic
consumption Morocco has been severely hit by rising
world food and oil prices. This has raised serious
concerns about food security, macroeconomic and
social stability
FOOD IMPORTS/TOTAL IMPORTS (%)
6
6,5
7
7,5
8
8,5
9
9,5
10
10,5
11
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
FOOD EXPORTS/FOOD IMPORTS
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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25. Ø We need a trading system that
draws on the expertise of every
nation and returns to every
nation a more diverse and
above all secure supply of
food.
INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
is
not
an
option
>
it
is
a
necessity
!
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26. 26
Projet
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46
56
61
75
79
69
86
68
79
104 102
107
99
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
AGRICULTURAL GDP
-Price Base 1998 -
AV (5 years)
98 BMAD
AV (5 years)
75 BMAD
TOTAL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION: 43% 2005-2007 VS
2011
Food availability/capita: 14%
Employements: 77,000 EPJ
Citrus : + 28% (1.251.000 T >
1.599.000 T)
Olives : + 67% (774.00 T >
1.295.000 T)
Poultry: + 40% (363.000 T > 508.000 T)
Meat: + 17% de 363.000 T > 426.000
T
Milk : + 21% (1,68 BL > 2,03 BL
Grains: +42% (57M Qx > 80M QX)
Dattes : + 40 % (81.000 T > 114.000
T)

27. Conclusion
Two major breaks with the agricultural
development model of the past 50
years:
1. Overcoming dualisms: embracing the diversity
of ecological and agricultural production
systems and recognizing the need to increase
the capacities of different types of actor in the
sector
2. Actors centered approach: progress should
be based on an entrepreneurial spirit and
dynamic.
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28. Lessons
learned
Ø The importance of transactional approaches
Ø The importance of decentralization
Ø The need to foster institutional innovation;
Ø Financing must be available to support
innovation and policy implementation (including
from the private sector/banks); and
Ø That progress should be based on an
entrepreneurial spirit and dynamic.
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29. Thanks
for
listening
Questions, comments and suggestions are welcome