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Teaching Microbiology by Celebrating Traditional Foods and Cultures from Morocco and Perú
MoroccoJohana Meléndez

According to a report published by Center for Community College Student Engagement, 2013, and others (1,2, 3, 4) Global Learning is considered one of the High Impact Practices used to increase student’s engagement and motivation to learn. In addition...

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Food Self-sufficiency Under the Green-Morocco Plan
MoroccoAbdelmajid Saidi, Mohammed Diouri

This paper seeks to know whether the Green-Morocco Plan (GMP), the new Moroccan agricultural strategy launched in 2008, improves food self-sufficiency. In view of the importance of cereals in Moroccans’ diet, the volatility of foods price in...

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Horizontal Logistics Collaboration : Cases from Agri-food Supply Chains in Morocco
MoroccoIsmail Badraoui

Horizontal logistics collaboration (HLC) practices have gained much attention in recent years as innovative ways for companies to improve their performance. However, literature does not reveal which factors influence the success or failure of HLC,...

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The Agroforestry Parks of Azilal (Morocco): A Centuries-old and Still Living Landscape Construction
MoroccoA. Nuscia TAÏBI, Mustapha EL Hannani, Yahia El Kha...

The Moroccan Central High Atlas in the Beni Mellal – Khenifra region (Azilal Province) is characterized by highly anthropized landscapes as in all the medium mountain regions of Morocco. These are tree parks built by the rural Amazigh popula...

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Sustainable Food Security in Morocco: Challenges & Opportunities
MoroccoLarbi Toumi

Food security is a major issue and constant challenge in the developingworld. Morocco has reached the target of the first MDG and, since 1990-1992, hasmaintained the prevalence of undernourishment level of 5%, but it remainsvulnerable to climate c...

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How Can Quinoa Value Chain Improve Food and Income Security in Marginal Environments? : Success Story from Morocco
MoroccoAbdelaziz Hirich, Redouane Choukr-Allah, Rafik Sif...

Agriculture is facing many challenges as climate change, drought, salinity…etc. which calls for urgent interventions to fast adaptation and diversification. In this context, introduction of crops with a high value and a high tolerance to st...

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Who Works in Agriculture?
MalawiKashi Kafle, Neha Paliwal and Rui Benfica.

This analysis examines the dynamics of youth employment in agriculture and the agri-food system in Tanzania and Malawi. The study finds that when extending the definition of a farmer beyond household heads, the average age of ‘farmers’...

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South Africa Agricultural Economic Fact Sheet
South AfricaDirk Esterhuizen

The South African Agricultural Fact Sheet has been updated to include calendar year 2019. Bilateral agricultural trade between the United States and South Africa is expected to reach record levels of more than US$750 million in 2019. Major agricult...

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Moving Towards Self-sufficiency in Oil seed Value chains
South AfricaDirk Esterhuizen

South Africa produced a historical-high summer oilseed crop of 2.5 million tons in the 2017/18 MY with a further increase in oilseed production projected for the 2018/19 MY to 2.6 million tons. South Africa demonstrated a positive trend in oilseed...

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The Declining Trend of Sorghum Production in South Africa
South AfricaDirk Esterhuizen

Post estimates that the decreasing trend in sorghum production in South Africa will continue in the 2018/19 MY. South Africa moved from being a net exporter of sorghum to a net importer of sorghum in the past 10 years as producers preferred to pla...

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Angola: FAIRS Country Report
AngolaGlobal Agriculture Information Network (GAIN)

This report documents Angola’s technical policies, practices, and import requirements for food and agricultural products. In the absence of a food safety law, Angola follows international Codex Alimentarius standards. This country report is designe...

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Angola Poultry
AngolaUnited States Department of Agriculture Foreign Ag...

Poultry production in Angola is estimated at 27.192 MT in 2018, which mainly consists of backyard chickens and a few commercial farms. In 2018, Angola was the fifth largest import of U.S. poultry, valued at $183 million. However, due to limited acc...