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E FFORTS made over the last few decades have failed to correct the revolutionizing the sector. The aim is to achieve a new mode of production
imbalance between rural and urban areas. This is one of the main that is more efficient, more resilient, and more sustainable. In Morocco,
conclusions of the latest report on the agricultural sector by the Royal we’re still a long way from achieving this. Small and medium-sized farmers
Institute for Strategic Studies. The ambition to foster the emergence of are poorly qualified. They lack supervision and generally have a low level
a rural middle class still seems to be wishful thinking. The vulnerability of education. Over 78% of those employed in the agricultural sector have
of rural households to the impacts of climate change, with the succession no qualifications.
of drought years, is not conducive to anchoring them in their homelands. It is precisely by tackling the thorny problem of training that the trend
Economic difficulties are compounded by other constraints, notably dis- can be reversed. This will improve the ability of our peasants to access new
putes over land ownership and the fragmentation of plots of land... forcing technologies, in order to increase their productivity and income. The first
many young rural dwellers to try and find work in cities. The result is a step is to raise the awareness of small farmers themselves. They need to be
countryside emptied of its human capital. Yet the agricultural sector is regai- convinced that letting their children spend a few extra years at school can
ning importance worldwide, against a backdrop of calls to guarantee food be more profitable than when they are sent to work in the fields at an early
sovereignty and security. Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics are age, due to a lack of free... and forced... labor.o