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Ministère de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche Maritime - Ministry for Agriculture and Marine Fisheries www.madrpm.gov.ma

Direction de l'Enseignement, de la Recherche et du Développement (DERF): Division de la Vulgarisation Agricole (DVA)

Districts:
  • Tanger Teouane (108 extension staff in 2009)
  • Memnès Tafilalet (116 extension staff in 2009)
  • Guelmim Essmara (22 extension staff in 2009)
  • Doukkala Abda (43 extension staff in 2009)
  • Grand Casablanca (56 extension staff in 2009)
  • Gharb (75 extension staff in 2009)

  • Centre de Travaux 24-04 d'Aguelmous - Aguelmous Work Center
    (7 extension staff in 2009) - There are probably around 122 centers similar to this one

Public Research Institution with Extension Unit

University-based Extension

Semi-autonomous Governmental Extension Organization

Non-Governmental Organizations



Farmer Based Organization


Private sector organization or firm

Related Resources

The National Agricultural Research System (NARS) is composed of a variety of institutions whose main mission is to carry out research and development programs to meet the objectives of the new agricultural development strategy called "Green Morocco Plan" .

This system is composed of key organizations such as the
  • l’Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) - National Institute of Agronomic Research
  • Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II (IAV) - Agronomic and Veterinary Institute Hassan II
  • l’Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknès (ENA) - Meknès National School for Agriculture 
  • l’Ecole Nationale Forestière d’Ingénieurs (ENFI) - National School for Forestry Engineering
The Directorate of Education, Training and Research (Direction de l’Enseignement, de la Formation et de la Recherche, DEFR) was established to make better use of the NARS resources. The directorate establishes mechanisms for guidance and coordination to enable these institutions to work in a manner that is synergistic and complementary to the priorities of the Green Morocco Plan. The main goal is to  contribute to the implementation of the Regional Agricultural Plans (Plans Agricoles Régionaux, PAR).

To this end, these mechanisms were established by the DEFR:

  • The establishment of unifying projects Research - Development in Agriculture (PROFERD;
  • Coordination of the Programme for Agricultural Research for Development (PRAD) in cooperation with France;
  • The creation of the Grand Prix Hassan II for innovation and research in agriculture;
  • The launch of the Competitive Mechanism Research & Development and Extension (MCRDV).
To ensure that the NARS is better able to provide optimal support to the Green Morocco Plan, a new structural configuration of the system and mechanisms of the connections between its components is being developed. This new configuration has the essential objectives of:
  • Redefine the organizational architecture of the governing body of the education and research system;
  • Delineate the functions and modes of operation of this instance;
  • Establish mechanisms for linkages between the institutions of the technological process at the central level;
  • Establish an organizational configuration at the regional level;
  • Delineate its powers, its operation and its relationship with its regional partners, national and international governance of the central authority and directions of establishments involved in the technological process.

(translated from http://www.agriculture.gov.ma/pages/la-recherche-agricole, July 6, 2011)

Information from http://membres.multimania.fr/bamouh/for-rech.htm, retrieved July 6, 2011. Probably dates back to the early 2000s.

Formation, recherche et vulgarisation agricoles

Vulgarisation Agricole

122 Centres de Travaux rattachés à 40 Directions Provinciales de l'Agriculture
9 Offices Régionaux de Mise en Valeur Agricole disposant de 179 Centres de Mise en Valeur (CMV) ou de Centre de Développement Agricole (CDA)

Organisations Professionnelles

37 Chambres d'Agriculture et une Fédération Nationale
2.589 Coopératives hors Réforme Agraire avec 179.886 adhérents exploitant 1.340.862 ha
738 Coopératives de la Réforme Agraire auxquelles ont adhéré 24.760 agriculteurs et exploitant 326.100 ha
417 Associations Professionnelles (237.000 adhérents)

Structures Régionales de l'INRA

8 Centres Régionaux de la Recherche Agronomique (CRRA) gérant 20 Domaines Expérimentaux

Enseignement agricole

3 Etablissements d'Enseignement Supérieur
8 Instituts des Techniciens Spécialisés en Agriculture (ITSA)
7 Instituts Techniques Agricoles (ITA)
15 Centres de Qualification Agricole (CQA)
8 Lycées Agricoles


Système National de la Recherche Agricole (SNRA)


(1998)
Institution
Nombre de 
Chercheurs 
ou 
Enseignants-
Chercheurs
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II (IAV Hassan II)
Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknès (ENAM)
Ecole Nationale Forestière d'Ingénieurs (ENFI) 
Centre National de Recherche Forestière (CNRF) 
Service d'Expérimentation, d'Etude et de Normalisation (SEEN)
 258
 336
  74
  23
  38
  14
TOTAL 
743

   
Lauréats des instituts et écoles supérieures agricoles

Institution
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
Total
Féminin
Total
Féminin
Total
Féminin
 Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II (IAV Hassan II) 
 356 
72
343
72
245
90
 Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknès (ENAM)
73
17
75
19
126
18
 Ecole Nationale Forestière d'Ingénieurs (ENFI) 
23
--
24
--
42
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Formation professionnelle par niveau et sexe (2000-2001)
Niveau
Agriculture et Forêt
Agro-Industrie
Pêches Maritimes
Total
Féminin
Total
Féminin
Total
Féminin
 Spécialisation
17
--
--
--
--
--
 Qualification
2.039
207
--
--
226
--
 Technicien
681
101
39
12
357
6
Technicien spécialisé
161
33
65
6
132
4
TOTAL 
2.898
341
104
18
715
10
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