Multicultural Partners Planting Trees in Africa

Several thousand tree and medicinal plant nurseries need to be created for the kingdom to generate the billion plants once estimated by the Ministry of Agriculture that are required to break the poverty cycle.  Farming families face a barrier to transition to more lucrative cash crops and grow nurseries, because of the two years necessary to grow seeds into young trees.  Therefore, lending land for nurseries is essential to overcome these concerns as farmers will not risk reducing the amount of their arable land available to them during the two-year period.  Contributing land for community nurseries - to which the Jewish community of Morocco has committed - can be extremely helpful therefore in overcoming rural poverty.  HAF's interfaith Project can plant 2 million organic fruit tree nurseries and medicinal aromatic plants on land at these locations in the provinces of Al Haouz (2 locations), Azilal (1), and Ourzazate (1).  HAF and its partners are grateful to receive in-kind contributions of land from many public and civil agencies, including the Education Delegations in Ifrane, Temara-Skhirat and Moulay Yacoub; the Department of Waters and Forests in Marrakech; universities; cooperatives; and associations.