Lazzaoui M.
in
Casas J. (ed.).
Agricultural research in countries of the Mediterranean region Montpellier : CIHEAM
Options Méditerranéennes : Série Etudes; n. 1988-VI 1988
pages 85-92
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The Moroccan svstem of agricultural r&earch
Secretary General - National Institute of Agricultural Research
(INRA) - Morocco
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The system of is
quite institutions which
dictated by of each) may be
following five headings:
- of
- -
of of
bodies;
companies.
1. National Agricultural
This is the only public institution in that is specialized in the field of Set up in 1981 *as a public establishment with legal status a n d f i n a n c i a l a u t o n o m y , i t
taking of that
assets is t h u s t h e
culmination of a 1919
of of
two a
by a of
which in time and
and which make up complex system.
40-80 of 9 1981, it came into existence, is
' w i t h t h e f o l l o w i n g s p e c i f i c
- t o engage in scientific, technical and economic at the development of
and
- to do with
of
out
to well as t h e
of plant and animal
employs staff of 2,225 people, i n c l u d i n g 2 2 8 461 t e c h n i c a l assistants and agents, and 1,535
employees.
of a distinction
of ecology, fall
'textiles,
A of the
at level a s
well as a t t h e
of the
of which 11. as
of is
which as well a s those
e n t i t i e s h a v e b e e n s e t u p s o as of
is is
main
is located at its
station is at
we find a t
-
at S e t t a t . T h i sa was
of
the USA. to study
development of
between 200 and 400 mm and which include 40%
of
is called upon to make use of 32 on
of
42
22 all
of the
well of its
demands imposed by of
of a
national land asset of 8,134 ha, which is indeed a lot of
it
by have to do with all aspects of
with the exception of a special field which
of of
of the
has a of
is of
1
2. educational. establishments in agriculture
to
of in the
function of
by institutions (schools and institutes) of
establishments, which
is an essential activity the quality of
methods.
The oldest of t h e s e e s t a b l i s h e m e n t s is t h e
National School of at but the
is
was in 1967. At that.time
its of
of
Dahir (law) of 2 1984
officially its existence in the capacity of public establishment charged with the mission
of dispensing scieniific instruction pertaining to ,
agriculture as well as contributing to such studies a n d r e s e a r c h a s m a y be r e q u i r e d f o r s u c h instruction".
a t
of complex. The institute has
11 two levels of
(baccalauréat
and one level of
applied
follows:
cycle: food
wood
Short cycle: food
36
medicine
has two located in
which estate at
complex.
350
3. Central of of
Agriculture
of some of
specific at
of the for
of notices
Livestock of
one of the of
do with
4. Agencies and Authorities The main bodies in this
Offkes of
and'the of
offices by
which, in addition to
on the of
mainly involved o u t
tests via local known as
(CT).
of of specialized bodies.
5. Companies and Professional Organizations Some
(SOGETA), set up the development of
on a of
companies, of which a good e x a m p l e is t h e , of
is
diffused, of
it
it of
is done by
t h e done locally with t h e involvement of public agencies.
the somewhat lengthy account given above of institutions involved
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- the system allows scope equally to the public and on the basis of
of each;
-among the public
as its sole as t h e
below).
of the national system with other activities
of all, we
well
a s between the public On the
good
of of of
one between the two
of t h a t two establishments take it upon
of m u t u a l c o n s u l t a t i o n , t o to facilitate exchange of
of
well as likewise
companies. As
should be
to the sciences and economics
of field of basic
plentiful between
establishments, as well as of the of knowledge to the people within the
of conducted by the
visits of for the
benefit of
to the extent of
of the autonomous institutions as well as at at level.
of be
to
it is now of
a it has
up with the assistance of
- National organization of agricultural research
of
is by of
A
of as
well as will
body to become so as to
fulfil1 its allotted functions.
de'cisions by
of of t h e a u t o n o m o u s
so on. of
made at t h e t i m e t h a t e c o n o m i c a n d s o c i a l development plans up a s well as such
by t h e i n s t i t u t i o n s
by of by
of
the final instance adopted by committees of
allocation of
discussed a t t h e of Finance once the
by the of
of
the is made by the budget division of the of
is the job of the institution itself and its of
passed by of Finance.
-
the discussion.
Scientists
of scientists
employed low a s the
of is too high and should in
of should be noted that the
of on is
to
of
assigned. enjoy the same status as
at which up to now
the best As
a
bonus t h a t is to a
statutes have been so few as to
to this institution. When all is said and done,
is not so a and
on the on
of the development while they
civil
a t the same level.
As of the advantages by
the statutes of the autonomous institutions vis-h- eliminated. A
e s t a b l i s h e d the position of
of the statutes c a s e of a n d
-
should be amendedto
A t a n d
now by
e x a m i n a t i o n ,
selected most of pool of available spelled out in all of the statutes. At as well
show
of employed
USA,
good is not a t h e
statutes of the autonomous institutions will have to be updated to match those of the
A s a s u b d i v i d e d i n t o technical assistants and technical agents. They
i n
of bookkeeping,
do
own budgets and Some of
by the schools of public
no as
competence is
statutes. The main is t h a t
institutions on the one hand'and the civil on
V -
1.
A s h a s a n
of
a total of by 12
Oujda, Settat, El Jadida, and Laayoune.
a total of ha.
The table below shows of stations and
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Agriculture School Water and Forests Station Station Ouarzazate Station Souss
Station
Commercialization Station SOGETA
Gharb Station Errachidia Station
Total
of stations
64 3 1 3 3 2 2 4
1 1 84
(ha)
8 134 740
40 25 32 13 33 6 45 50 60 30 9 208
As has
at its disposal 35 which
office space included, they occupy 20,000 m2 Five of
occupy m2, 50% of
of the buildings.
of
has a at Casablanca.
of some towns outside of
good condition.
have two housed in buildings of
has a 10,000 volumes.
of by be found in
of
and or in
Al Awania and the Agricultural
agronomique),
at the end of studies,
of
the
to publish in
The idea of is
being well
to get to know and to
so since the of
of
shows t h a t
of 100
million out of about 150 million T h e
of is low, and should
be at the expense of budget is estimated at
made in the past.
2. Financial resources
as well as
of
aid, w h i c h is
sometimes quite not often go
make it possible to
of the effect of the situation on the
national economy, of
allotted to
- programs and results
As pointed
of
by t h e s p e c i a l i z e d a u t o n o m o u s of a
involving the successive of
of analysis and decision making. Thus, when each economic and social development plan is
the it note of
a of
at well a s a t t h e
is then discussed, and amended if need be,
by the of by the
of
by committees of do influence on
is
judged to have by
To be aid have to choices made
of of
by a team of is done i n which may be
include assessment by
of by
evaluation by a committee containing eminent the opinions of consultants. This evaluation
well subsequent of
allocation of of
of agents occupied
is as follows:
- 73%
- 10%
- 1 4.2%
- 4.4%
- 5%
- Socio-economic 2%
-
of its of its
up of
on the .
some of question:
-
flora and fauna, pollution, -
- almonds), I
- zootechnology, -
-
- biotechnologies.
Abbreviations
:
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ENA : National School of
: Company
SOGETA : Company
: National Company
OCE : Ofice of : Ofice of
CT:
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