Morocco has launched its “Green Plan” for the development of its agricultural and food production at a cost of 100 billion dirham [$13.8 billion] in partnership with the public sector and with domestic and foreign investment, to be enacted over a period of 10 years.

The “Green Plan” projects investment in the order of $1.4 billion annually for the construction of 1,500 agricultural projects to improve rural production of olive oil, vegetables, fruits and grains, and to benefit from the free trade agreements with the US and the European Union.

al-Hayat, april 24, 2008