Project purpose
The purpose of the thematic workshop is to mount discussion and disseminate knowledge amongst Moroccan public and private stakeholders about:
- solutions to limit the food losses in Morocco;
- new techniques and products to overcome climate obstacles;
in order to be able to develop new strategies for Morocco
Project results
Results of the workshop will be:
- To determine the causes of food losses that occur in different stages between production and consumption (Pre-harvest, Harvesting, Storage, Preparation for market, Transport, Handling at destination) and come up with suitable solutions to establish a more efficient food chain management in Morocco.
- To develop new strategies and food chain management.
This information will be used to support the ongoing study ordered by the agricultural office on agro-logistic in Morocco.
- To demonstrate the advantages of implementing a climate smart agriculture,
- To work with the official authorities to find possible ways to start implementing a more climate smart agriculture.
Findings of the workshop will be presented in a short report to EKN Rabat and to RVO.
Location
Rabat, Morocco
Executor
Wur Food & Biobased Research
Budget
€ 11.079,00
Project status
Closed
Project activities
Two workshops by Dutch experts on:
- Food losses in the agro-food production and logisitics:
determining the impact of food losses on the agro-food productions, its causes and possible strategies for reduction of food losses
- Climate smart agriculture: demonstrating the benefit and the ways to establish a more climate smart agriculture