Partnership between Euromed University of Fes and AFD for the creation of a regional innovation hub in AGRITECH

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Euromed University of Fes (UEMF) signed, this Thursday, July 16, 2020, a funding agreement for the design and implementation of an AgriTech Hub in the Fès-Meknès region. This is an unprecedented project in Morocco and consists of structuring a regional innovation and entrepreneurship hub in the agriculture and agro-industry sector. To this end, AFD is granting UEMF a subsidy of 16.3 million dirhams (1.5 million euros) intended for the design and establishment of this project within its Eco-campus.

In the Fes-Meknes region, this pilot project aims to support the upgrade of the agro-industrial sector. Several capacity-building actions, through support for entrepreneurs, the promotion of research and development and the adaptation of the local agricultural fabric to international standards, will be financed by this technical assistance. The ambition of the Fes-Meknes region is to see an agro-industrial cluster emerge driven by entrepreneurship and the digitalization of economies.