Events

OCP Policy Center, Rabat.

Since independence Morocco has pursued food self-sufficiency to achieve food security at the national level. What has and has not worked in its approach and why? Should Morocco continue with its food self-sufficiency approach; if not, how should it change and what food security approach should it adopt? The course addresses these fundamental questions with a focus on the key issues that Morocco and comparator countries face, the solutions sought and the major questions – institutional and otherwise - that need to be addressed; and the types of policy approaches that have either been tried or proposed.

Objectives :

• Diagnose the main components promoting and / or undermining food security, at different levels and in different time horizons;
• Identify the main factors, both under and not under government control that can help or hurt, in specified situations and time horizons;
• Understand the arguments of different policy groups and think through what options, if any, exist to close the gaps, and still improve upon the current situation.