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Rural poverty approaches, policies and strategies in the Kingdom of Morocco

The goal of Morocco's long-term 2020 strategy for rural development is to correct regional and local imbalances and develop and optimize natural resources. Its objectives are to:

• increase agricultural production
• increase opportunities for agricultural employment and income
• create and diversify employment in off-farm and non-farm activities
• halt environmental degradation
• improve education and professional training for rural women and men
• improve services related to the quality of life and well-being
• correct regional and local imbalances in infrastructure and regional development

The approach gives preference to grass-roots initiatives and to participation and accountability of rural communities and local partnerships.

The country’s new Green Morocco Strategy will implement an agricultural policy that has as its aims:

• a competitive upgrading of the agricultural sector in terms of modernization, integration into the world market and creation of wealth for the whole value chain
• an approach that takes into account the whole sector and its sociological and territorial components, giving priority to human development
• optimization and sustainable management of natural resources
• definition of the support policies needed for sustainable growth

The National Human Development Initiative is part of Morocco’s national poverty reduction strategy. The initiative is a participatory community development programme that targets 430 of the poorest rural communities and encourages them to express their needs during the formulation of local human development activities.

Read more:

• 50 ans de développement humain & perspectives 2025
• Prospective Maroc 2030
• Stratégie de développement agricole

 Source: IFAD