Sommet de l’élevage: France-Morocco cooperation in support of sheep and goat farming
If the Sommet de l’élevage has an international profile, that is no accident. It is the result of painstaking work by agents based in sixty countries across the five continents, as well as a strong partnership with Business France. The result: agreements of mutual interest, such as the one signed yesterday at the Summit between French and Moroccan livestock farmers.
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A cooperation project between France and Morocco for sheep and goat farming
Races Ovines des Massifs (ROM), the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Council, the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Chamber of Agriculture (CRA AuRA) and the National Sheep and Goat Association of Morocco (ANOC) have formalized their agreement protocol for the launch of the FASEP project “France-Morocco Cooperation for High-Performance Sheep and Goat Farming.”
Funded by the Directorate General of the Treasury of the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance, this program will span two years. It provides for the deployment of six concrete actions aimed at strengthening the performance of sheep and goat farming in Morocco:
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- design and commissioning of a self-contained mobile sheep artificial insemination unit, adapted to Moroccan rangelands;
- development of a management software tool for sheep and goat artificial insemination centers;
- audit and optimization of goat milk productivity at the Bellota pilot station;
- modernization and improvement of quality control of dairy processing at the Ajbane Unit;
- improvement of the availability and management of forage resources facing the climate challenge;
- design of livestock building models adapted to animal welfare and local thermal constraints.
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Nine experts mobilized around the project
The project brings together a consortium of nine expert project leaders : SAS ROM, CRA AuRA, Chambre d’Agriculture de l’Isère, AES Remorques, Idele (Institut de l’Élevage), Cap Gènes / Synétics Export, Cap Pradel, Semaé and VetAgro Sup.
At the same time, a Club of partner companies and demonstrators brings together several major players that equip the sector, including IMV Technologies, Coquard, Aurastock, Olivo, Ecopra, Chouvy and Cirad.
The aim is to promote business opportunities and the dissemination of French equipment suited to the needs of Morocco’s sheep and goat sector.
This cooperation thus illustrates the ability of the Sommet de l’élevage to foster international exchanges, while contributing to the development of practical solutions to improve the performance and sustainability of sheep and goat farming.
