Morocco presents 2050 water plan at Rome forum
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Libe
Morocco’s director general of water resources, Salaheddine Dahbi, presented the kingdom’s water policy in Rome as availability fell below 600 m³ per person per year after seven consecutive years of drought. Irrigated agriculture accounts for more than 80% of water demand, while the national plan to 2050 notably provides for dams, inter-basin transfers, desalination and wastewater reuse, according to Libe.
Morocco presented its water plan to 2050 at the WFF-2026 World Food Forum in Rome on Wednesday, highlighting water resource management as an issue of national sovereignty, Libe reports.
Salaheddine Dahbi, director general of water resources at Morocco’s Ministry of Equipment and Water, said water policy had to guarantee access to drinking water and cover at least 80% of irrigation needs across the country. He was speaking at a high-level dialogue on water.
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