During this event, attended through video conference by Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forestry Aziz Akhannouch, commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture of the African Union Commission Josefa Leonel Sacko noted that Morocco's experience in agriculture is a real model to follow in Africa.

For his part, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Cameroon Gabriel Mbairob praised the Moroccan model, including its Maroc Vert Plan (PMV), and Morocco's efforts to developing South-South cooperation.

When the restrictions imposed by the pandemic of the novel coronavirus were at their highest level, especially during the lock-down, Morocco was able to ensure the continuity of agricultural and agri-food activities allowing workers to access fields and units and supply all the country's regions with diversified, good quality and reasonably priced food products, besides meeting all its commitments in terms of food exports to partner countries, Akhannouch pointed out.

This difficult time that we have managed successfully has consolidated Morocco's strategic choice to place agriculture at the heart of its economic development, he said, adding that the Green Morocco plan has contributed significantly to food security.

"If Morocco has worked hard to transform its agriculture, it has also invested heavily in African cooperation in agriculture," the minister added, highlighting the foundations of Morocco's new agricultural strategy "Generation Green 2020-2030", launched on February 13, 2020, by HM King Mohammed VI.

"The African agricultural sector still has a huge potential. Once released, Africa would feed itself and the world," he