The E.U. Gives Morocco $6.5 Mln to Back Anti-Erosion Project

The European Union granted Morocco a US $6.5 Mln donation to support an anti-erosion project in Demnate (Azilal province, in the High Atlas Mountains area).

The donation, part of the Morocco-EU cooperation protocol, aims at backing Morocco's efforts to fight poverty and protect environment.

The project, worth $ 7.5 million and extending over 126,000 hectares between Hassan I and Sidi Driss dams, will benefit some 75,000 inhabitants. It will back agricultural production and improve the rural populations' living standards.