FAQ

Producers of local products wishing to participate in this program are asked to contact the local products Department within the Regional Agriculture Directorates of their regions.

-Contact the Regional Directorates of Agriculture
-Need expressed by the medium and
large-sized stores
-Production capacity
-Quality of packaging
-Type of labeling
-Codified products (bar code)

• sanitary authorization /approval

• Farm activity status -transcript of last general meeting

• List of members

• Bank Identifier Statement on behalf of the cooperative

• Certificate of Common Identifier of the Company

• Detailed list of products

Individuals or legal persons, Moroccans or foreigners, who have the requested legal, technical and financial capacity, can participate in public tenders of Public-Private Partnership around agricultural land. Once the project is awarded to the winner, he must establish a company under to Moroccan private law in which he must own at least 34% of the shares.

The Guarantee of Undertaking is returned as follows:
• For participants who are excluded at the end of the opening phase, the guarantee will be returned from the day following the date of publication of the results of this phase on the website of the Agricultural Development Agency.
• For participants who are excluded at the end of the phase of evaluation of tenders, the guarantee will be returned from the day following the date of publication of the final results on the website of the Agricultural Development Agency.
• For the winners, the guarantee will be returned from the day following the signing date of the partnership convention.
It should be noted that if the participant disclaims during the validity of the tender or the winner before signing the partnership convention, the guarantee rightfully belongs to the Administration.

Before launching tenders, the administration sets the annual rental fee for each project. The amount appears in the project's data sheet. This rental fee is increased by 10% every five years from the date of signature of the partnership agreement.

The tender file is Downloaded for free of charge from the website of the Agency for Agricultural Development "www.ada. gov.ma ".

The former tenant who exploit agricultural lands can participate in public tenders of Public-Private Partnership around agricultural land.
They benefit from the priority through a bonus from 10 to 50 points depending on the level of investment.
Previous tenants must provide the following documents:
• Expiring lease with the State or an auction Minutes
• A situation issued by the competent collector certifying that the previous tenant is not liable to the Treasury for the lease that has fallen due
• A sheet on the investments made or the mode of development of the land

Various opportunities are available for investors in the agricultural sector under the Green Morocco Plan throughout all the value chains. These opportunities include:

 The access to farmlands through calls for tenders with specific requirements under the Public-Private Partnership, and the possibility of becoming a shareholder in partner companies.
 The development of agricultural production through aggregation contracts with farmers under the law 04-12 on Agricultural Aggregation;
 The development of Agribusiness in order to satisfy the increasing demand for seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, agricultural machinery, and irrigation equipment.
 Setting up processing units for the valorization of the increased production. These units can be settled in the Agropols (Logisitcs Platforms) located in the main production areas.

Investors in the agricultural sector benefit from promising business climate on the economic, regulatory, institutional and logistic levels through:

•  An incentive system dedicated to investment in the agricultural sector under the Agricultural Development Fund.

•  An adequate regulatory framework.

•  A specific tax framework to the agricultural sector with reduced tax rates: 20% for the Income Tax and 17.5% for the Corporate Tax.

•  An easy access to international markets through bilateral and multilateral trade agreements.

•  Trained human resources.

•  An adapted insurance and financing system.

•  Dedicated institutions providing support to investors throughout the implementation process of investment projects. The Agency for Agricultural Development (ADA) represents the focal point of the investment projects promoters in the agricultural sector.