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Research and Development
Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa
All CountriesDeudibe, Gildas Bopahbe; Merfeld, Joshua David; Nd...

Economic development is typically accompanied by the movement of labor from agriculture to the non-agricultural sector, a pattern commonly referred to as structural transformation. This note aims to better understand the ongoing structural transforma...

Research and Development
Financial Risk Management in Agriculture : Analyzing Data from a New Module of the Global Findex Database (English)
All CountriesKlapper, Leora; Singer, Dorothe; Ansar, Saniya; He...

The ability to manage financial risk is especially important for people earning their living through agriculture. Many farmers only get paid once or twice a year, and households need to stretch their earnings across the year by saving or borrowing mo...

Research and Development
Ochratoxin A in Moroccan Foods: Occurrence and Legislation
MoroccoAbdellah Zinedine

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is secondary metabolite naturally produced in food and feed by toxigenic fungi, especially some Aspergillus species and Penicillium verucosum. OTA is one of the most studied mycotoxins and is of great interest due to its toxic effe...

Climate Change
Morocco Study on the Impact of Climate Change on the Agricultural Sector.
MoroccoRene Gommes, Tarik El hairech, Damien Rossillon, R...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries (MPAM) and the World Bank (WB), in collaboration with the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the N...

Research and Development
Microbiological Quality Assessment of Hospital Food in a Public Hospital in Fez (Morocco)
MoroccoLatifa Zbadi, Abdelhakim El Ouali Lalami, A. BAROU...

The food safety has become a major issue in hospitals, since patients are especially vulnerable to foodborne illness considered as nosocomial infection. Aims: Asses food’s health hazards in a hospital of Fez city (Morocco). Material and Results: Hygi...

Nutrition
Food Diversity and Nutritional Status in School Children in Morocco
MoroccoYoussef Aboussaleh, Ahmed O. T. Ahami, Mohamed Afe...

In Morocco about 20 % of children under the age of 15 years are stunted or delayed in growth. Dietary quality is much associated with dietary diversity. Recent FAO/WHO recommendations emphasized food diversification intake to combat many nutrition re...

Research and Development
The Rationale of the Green Morocco Plan: Missing Links Between Goals and Implementation
MoroccoNicolas Faysse

Morocco began an ambitious agricultural policy called the Green Morocco Plan (GMP) in 2008. This paper analyses the rationale behind the plan, that is, the overall consistency between: (i) the initial assessment of the agricultural sector; (ii) th...

Research and Development
Food poisoning in Morocco: Evolution and Risk factors
MoroccoHajar Rebgui, Nesma Nekkal, Sanaa Benlarabi, Fayça...

In order to contribute in reducing the morbidity and the mortality resulting from food poisoning in Morocco and improving the treatment of patients, this study is an analysis of the current situation of this pathology over a period of five years. Thi...

Research and Development
Household Food Waste In Morocco: An Exploratory Survey
MoroccoAziz ABOUABDILLAH, Roberto CAPONE, Lahcen EL YOUSS...

Food losses and waste is generated in important amounts across the food chain, from production to consumption, imposing serious environmental, social and economic costs. More attention is paid in Morocco to food losses while food waste (FW) is genera...

Research and Development
Food Legumes Consumption In Morocco: Preliminary Findings On Moroccan Consumers’ Behavior
MoroccoIsmail Badraoui, Saikouk Tarik, Benmoussa F-Z, AW-...

When addressing the issue of food security, one of the most important crops mentioned worldwide is food legumes. Food legumes have always played in important role on different aspects in Morocco such as food security and nutrition, agriculture and en...

Others
Consumption Habits in Morocco and Their Influencing Factors
MoroccoBelloute Rachida, Mohammed Diouri

The main objective of this study is to describe eating habits in relation with some influencing factors and to determine the current trends of consumer behavior. It is based on a structured questionnaire with a sample of 100 respondents. The results...

Others
Youth in Agribusiness within an African Agricultural Transformation Agenda
All CountriesNteranya Sanginga

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) & The International Labour Organizattion (ILO) prepared a background paper for the Feeding Africa conference of October 2015...