Agriculture
From The Report: Algeria 2016
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Algeria has been taking active steps to lower its food import bill and improve local agriculture production. That being said, the government continues to face challenges in areas such as land appropriation and financing. Given its sizeable agricultural land potential and current development programmes, Algeria is ideally poised to be an exporting country for agricultural produce. Developing a smart export policy and system based on intensive agriculture will be crucial going forward. This chapter contains interviews with Abdesselam Chelghoum, Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries; and David Blumberg, CEO, Blumberg Grain Middle East & Africa.

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Overview

Getting to work: Investment and new strategies aimed at boosting production
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The development of the agricultural sector is an integral part of the Algerian government’s push for economic diversification. To that effect, the Public Investment Programme 2015-19, launched in 2014, aims to build on the existing Agricultural and Rural Renewal Policy (Politique de Renouveau Agricole et Rural, PRAR) by spending close to AD300bn (€2.5bn) per year on the sector. The Public Investment Programme 2015-19 targets include increasing the number of irrigated lands by 1m ha; reach…

Analysis

Coming together: A move towards production clusters is unlocking potential
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Clusters enable economic actors to develop collective knowledge, as well as work together to overcome challenges and seize potential new economic opportunities. The development of agricultural clusters is a recent phenomenon in Algeria. The subject of evaluation studies since the 1980s, the National Territory Planning Scheme 2025 (Schéma National d’Aménagement du Territoire, SNAT 2025), which was drafted in 2006, is focused on such zones. The SNAT 2025 is an attempt by the government…

Interview

A strong start: Abdesslam Chelghoum, Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries, on aspects of agricultural policy
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Interview:Abdesslam Chelghoum What is being done to modernise agriculture? ABDESSLAM CHELGHOUM: Since 2000 the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries has implemented a strategy for the modernisation of the sector. Several initiatives have been put in place to create a favourable framework for the implementation of the strategy. These include the promotion of local governance through participatory processes, the clarification of the status of agricultural land by the Agriculture…

Interview

Areas for improvement: David Blumberg, ‎CEO, Blumberg Grain Middle East & Africa, on supply chain infrastructure and investment potential
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Interview: David Blumberg To what extent does post-harvest infrastructure impact agricultural productivity? DAVID BLUMBERG: With post-harvest losses in Algeria estimated at up to 40%, adequate infrastructure can play a vital role in helping to minimise crop loss. Furthermore, due to the current lack of adequate storage, deterioration of the physical product will often result in a diminished baking quality of grain, which can be so severe as to deem it unmarketable to the consumer. Blumberg Grain…

Analysis

Private investment drive: New agricultural investment strategy helps spark raft of recent deals with foreign investors
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In April 2016 Sid Ahmed Ferroukhi, then-minister of agriculture, rural development and fisheries, announced the upcoming launch of a Policy and Investment Promotion Roadmap, which aims to promote foreign direct investment and modernise Algeria’s agriculture sector. The pending roadmap comes amidst a number of other reforms that look to stimulate growth in the agricultural sector. Earlier in 2016, for example, the government announced the launch of its facilitation and monitoring unit housed…