Morocco Launches $807 Million Program to Transform Agrifood Systems
Morocco is mobilizing technical assistance to manage an $807.3 million program aimed at transforming agrifood systems across ten regions between 2025 and 2029.
Morocco's Department of Agriculture is preparing to mobilize technical assistance to support the Program Management Unit (PMU), under the Directorate of Strategy and Statistics, in charge of implementing the Program for the Transformation of Agrifood Systems in Morocco. The program's total cost stands at $807.3 million over the 2025-2029 period, covering ten regions across the Kingdom.
Who is funding the program?
Funding is split between the Moroccan state and the World Bank as follows:
| Funder | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Moroccan State | $552.3 million | 68.5% |
| World Bank results-based loan | $248 million | — |
| World Bank project support | $2 million | — |
| Livable Planet Fund (LPF) grant | $5 million | — |
| Total World Bank contribution | $255 million | 31.5% |
Program objectives
The program focuses on two main areas: strengthening climate resilience and risk management in rainfed agriculture, particularly cereal farming, and improving food quality and safety through the "One Health" approach, which links human, animal and environmental health. Implementation is carried out by the National Agricultural Advisory Office (ONCA), the National Food Safety Office (ONSSA), and the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), with the World Bank and FAO serving as observer members on the steering committee.
Program background
The mobilization of this technical assistance follows a process that began in late 2024, when the World Bank's board of directors approved the original program to strengthen the resilience of Morocco's agricultural sector and the quality of food production, before the same board approved, in December 2025, an additional grant from the Livable Planet Fund to reinforce the program's financing and move it into its actual implementation phase, supported technically by the management unit.
Why it matters
The program comes amid growing climate risks to Morocco's rainfed agriculture, after several years of weak rainfall that have weighed on cereal output and increased the Kingdom's reliance on imports to offset shortfalls in some crops. Authorities are betting that deploying climate-resilience tools and results-based financing across ten regions will reduce the agricultural sector's vulnerability to recurring droughts and improve the food safety of products destined for both the domestic market and export.