Why the North Africa Crop Protection Market is ThrivingEditor’s note: This story first appeared in AgriBusiness Global’s January/February print magazine. Increasing population, constrained land sizes, and a drive to achieve food security by Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco have pushed the three North Africa countries to embrace intensive agricultural production practices that include judicious use of quality crop protection products under their respective national regulatory frameworks. In Tune with TunisiaApart from Egypt, Tunisia is the other active agrochemicals market in North Africa, with an agricultural pesticide regulatory framework that has been in existence for 57 years. Morocco’s crop protection market is estimated at U.S. $127 million, according to 2015 figures by CropLife Maroc, 90% of which is in the hands of private companies, including Syngenta, Bayer CropScience, and BASF, which account for 70% of this share. Cereals take up a third of Morocco’s crop protection products, leaving the rest for crops such as maize, olives, fruits, and vegetables, according to Kleffmann.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 25, 2019 12:45 UTC