Publications: USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Program

HAF launched the 45-month program Farmer-to-Farmer with the United States agency of International Development, bringing 70 agricultural experts from the United States to assist in capacity-building with 80 cooperatives in the regions of Marrakech-Safi, Beni Mellal-Khenifra, and Oujda. These volunteers bring expertise to all phases of the agricultural development value chain, including tree and plant nurseries, irrigation, cooperative-building, food safety, and commercialization of processed product. HAF is committed to this entire agricultural chain and works diligently with Moroccan and international partners in all of these areas. Upcoming assignments directly related to the HAF-USAID partnership involve experts in nursery design and expansion, irrigation and water infrastructure assessment, agro-forestry techniques and skills transfer, organic certification, developing business plans related to carob, fig, pomegranate, and processing of other product, the monitoring of tree growth, and cultivation of wild medicinal plants.