{"id":21195,"date":"2024-09-05T09:53:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T09:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=21195"},"modified":"2024-09-05T09:58:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T09:58:16","slug":"fruit-and-vegetable-exports-from-morocco-rise-above-the-desert-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/09\/05\/fruit-and-vegetable-exports-from-morocco-rise-above-the-desert-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit and vegetable exports by Morocco rise above the desert heat\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Morocco has insured an 8% growth in yearly fruit and vegetable exports despite drought, Hespress <\/u><\/a>reported September 4, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This performance has helped rank the North African nation fourth in terms of growth among the world\u2019s fruit and vegetable exporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only Egypt, which relies in its Nile River basin for irrigation, had more growth at the continental level at 12%. The two other world suppliers of horticultural produce with similar uptick growth included Peru and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A part of this growth owes to lush blueberries orders by Asia, whose proximity to North Africa makes import logistics easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tapping Ground Water<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is happening amid drought, which has occasioned acute water depletion by an alarming 78% i<\/u><\/a>n the six years ending 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this period, Morocco\u2019s ground water wealth has plummeted from over 15 billion m3 \u00a0<\/sup>to 4.84 billion m3<\/sup>\u00a0in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the same, the country has in the course of 2024 still managed to irrigate bumper tomato and blueberry crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Precisely Irrigating Tomatoes, Avocados <\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By and large, water-saving methods via drone sprinkling have contributed to this growth particularly in tomato and avocado orchards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By end 2023, 3% of the local farming population of 2 million<\/u><\/a> was cultivating crops via drone monitoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Precise irrigation through aerial watering has positively impacted the tomato harvest in recent years. Notably, the tomato export value grew to a worth of $1.12 billion in 2022.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northwestern Morocco also used similar methods to help expand the avocado crop harvest estimate to\u00a060,000 tonnes<\/u><\/a>\u00a0early 2024. This is despite the thirsty trees needing 30 liters of moisture on an hourly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, the fruit and vegetable exports by Morocco shows stoicism while drought is depleting water resources. For more details on Morocco\u2019s niche horticulture statistics, read on in the segment below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morocco Fruit and Vegetable Statistics<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The agricultural sector in Morocco, including horticulture and livestock, contributes\u00a014%<\/u><\/a>\u00a0of the country\u2019s GDP.\u00a0With a\u00a066%<\/u><\/a>\u00a0of its landmass under agriculture, the country is a major horticultural producer. Of this cultivated land, vegetables occupied 260,000 hectares while fruits 450,000 hectares in 2017. Because of dryness, around\u00a019%<\/u><\/a>\u00a0of Morocco\u2019s 8.7 million agricultural hectares are under irrigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How high is vegetable and fruit production in Morocco<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The combined production of vegetables and fruits hovers between\u00a012 and 14 million tonnes<\/u><\/a>\u00a0a year. In 2017, the country yielded 7.3 million tonnes of vegetables and 6.2 million tonnes of fruits. To put this into perspective, fruit production saw pronounced growth from\u00a04.3 million tonnes<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in 2010 to 6.5 million tonnes in 2021.\u00a0By 2019, Morocco was already a top 15 fruit exporting-nation, representing under 2% of global fruit exports\u2019 share. This is according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)\u2019s data.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are Morocco\u2019s major fruits by export turnover<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While key fruits include citrus, blueberries are proving a major export. Blueberries\u2019 total export value increased from $71 million in 2016 to\u00a0$300 million<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This propelled Morocco to among the world\u2019s \u00a010 leading blueberry source markets. \u00a0Mandarins earned $350 million in export turnover in 2021 while oranges followed at $108 million in 2020. This is even while watermelon brought\u00a0$170 million<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What vegetables does Morocco produce<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomatoes are the main vegetables while green beans rank as the leading legumes. The total tomato output in 2017 was\u00a01.293 million tonnes,\u00a0<\/u><\/a>second only to potatoes at over 1.924 million tonnes for all crops.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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