Algeria and Morocco and signed, on June 19th in Algiers, three cooperation agreements in the field of agriculture.

Signed by Moroccan Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch and his Algerian peer Rachid Benaissa, the first agreement aims to strengthen bilateral cooperation relations in the areas of plant protection, and facilitate the exchange of plants.
Under the agreement, the health authorities of both countries will cooperate and work to protect plants in accordance with international phytosanitary measures.

The two ministers also co-chaired the signing ceremony of a cooperation agreement between the National Institutes of Agricultural Research in Morocco and Algeria, and a framework agreement in the field of training, research and agricultural extension, which provides for the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding, signed on April 25th in Rabat between the Ministries of Agriculture of the two countries.

It mainly concerns the exchange of experiences and trainers in the field of education and agricultural professional training as well as the participation in scientific conferences held in both countries.