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Women from the “Femmes du Rif” cooperative united in 2001 to gather and sell their olive harvest, and formally created an economic interest group (GIE) in 2006. PUR Projet helps them plant new olive trees to encourage the production and eventually fight against the development of cannabis cultivation.
Location
Chefchaouen, Rif region, MoroccoType
Agroforestry and reforestation
Local partner
GIE Femmes du RifParticipants
Women producers of olive oilAchievements
36,145 trees plantedsupply chain
Fruits and VegetablesLocal partner
The cooperative is the result of a rural development project of feminine entrepreneurship run by the ONUDI, that was set up within the framework of the alphabetization course given to the women of the Rif. In 2001, some associations of women from Northern Morocco, most of whom had been able to attend this course, gathered and shared their annual harvests in order to be able to make economies of scale and ensure a higher quality of oil thanks to technical and trade support. In 2006, these groups of women decided to create a GIE in order to be more competitive on the market. Since then, the GIE progressively expanded and now gathers 10 cooperatives and 328 women. It enables them to produce and distribute a high quality organic olive oil.
Plantation models
Species planted
participants
The participants to this project are women farmers that produce olive oil as part of the GIE Femmes du Rif cooperative.