Morocco’s High Commission for Planning said on Wednesday that the country’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 12.9% in the first three months of 2023, from 12.1% in the same period last year. , with continued job losses in the agricultural sector. sector in light of the country’s worst drought in decades.
The unemployment rate was higher among young men, at 35.3%.
The High Commission for Planning said in its quarterly report that unemployment among university graduates reached 19.8% and that of women 18.1%.
And Morocco’s agriculture ministry said on Friday that the current year’s cereal harvest is expected to reach 5.51 million tonnes, a 62% increase from last year, which saw the country exposed. to severe drought.
The country failed to raise its cereal harvest to 7.5 million tons, as planned in the 2023 budget.
The ministry said Friday evening that it expects to harvest 2.98 million tonnes of soft wheat, 1.18 million tonnes of durum wheat and 1.35 million tonnes of barley.
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