Two programs have been initiated by the Moroccan administration early 2018 to disseminate the BPA developed and tested under the PAMPAT project. The program of the chamber is to set up a pilot cactus farm (5 hectares) in Mesti, in the form of a field school. The plot is identified and the convention for […]
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Organization of a study tour in Tuscany for the PAMPAT Morocco and PAMPAT Tunisia counterparts and beneficiaries
A delegation of 19 persons representing the institutions directly involved in the implementation of the PAMPAT project in Morocco and Tunisia and two argan export consortia in Morocco participated in a study tour to Tuscany from 13 to 18 November. Participants had the opportunity to meet various Italian consortia and organizations involved in the promotion […]
Training on packaging and labeling
Within the framework of the PAMPAT project, a training targeting the importance of packaging, brand and visual identity as a business tool for products’ promotion and trade was held in Rabat in close cooperation with ADA, on the 25th of November. Thirty cooperatives and groups of cooperatives producing origin linked products that participated in the […]
Local Technical Committee for PAMPAT project in Agadir
PAMPAT Morocco held its fifth local technical committee meeting today. The project coordination unit presented the main results obtained to the local counterparts (both private and public institutions). The local technical committee is an important tool to share with the project partners their views, ideas, strategies and complementarities that allow the project coordination unit to […]
Technical trainings on Good Agricultural Practices and safety sanitary standards begin in Sidi Ifni
The training sessions on Good Agricultural Practices for the Prickly Pear cactus have begun this week in the province of Sidi Ifni. Several aspects of technical improvement of fields and cactus growing techniques will be dealt with. For the first week, the training will be focusing on the ancient plants rejuvenation, targeting plants that are […]
PAMPAT project is launched in Agadir
PAMPAT Morocco (from the French acronym Projet d’Accès au Marché pour les Produits Agroalimentaires et du Terroir) has been launched today in Agadir. The project is funded, for a duration of four years, by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and implemented by UNIDO (the United Nations Industrial Development Organization). It aims to […]