Development of arganiculture orchards in degraded environment (DARED)

  • Cross-cutting
  • Under implementation
Date approved
14 Oct 2016
Est. completion
30 Jun 2028
ESS Category
Category B
Financing
Public sector
Entity
Agency for Agricultural Development of Morocco

Overview

Supporting rural communities in the Argan Biosphere Reserve through the planting of argan orchards and the promotion of sustainable arganiculture to foster sustainable development, build resilience and support climate mitigation.

The argan forest of Morocco, covering 2.5 million hectares, is recognised by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve with a rich biodiversity. There has been a “market boom” in argan oil, and its rising demand has improved household income for local communities but generated serious pressure on the natural forest, threatening its sustainability. The forest is also threatened by the impact of climate change upon its regeneration.

Morocco committed within its INDC to reduce its Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emission by 32% by 2030 through mitigation activities. Morocco intends to plant 43,000 hectares of argan tree orchards and promote arganiculture as a priority activity to reduce GHG emissions. This project will strengthen the resilience of rural communities and the arganeraie biosphere reserve through planting 10,000 ha of argan tree orchards with soil conservation and rain water harvesting capabilities. Supporting argan plantations and arganiculture will also contribute to relieve the anthropic pressure on the natural forest, and improve livelihoods of the communities by moving from a model of fruit collection from natural forests towards sustainable forest co-management.

The project has an estimated lifespan of 5 years.

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Project timeline

  • Pipeline

    200 days

    • Concept note received

    • Funding proposal received

    • Cleared by GCF Secretariat

  • Approved

    244 days

    • Approved by GCF Board

    • Cleared by iTAP

    • Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval

    • FAA executed

  • Under implementation

    3,289 days so far

    • FAA effective

  • To be completed

    746 days to go

    Not started

  • Total project value $ 49.2 million

  • Tonnes of CO2 equivalent avoided 604 thousand

  • Total number of beneficiaries 26 thousand

Financing

GCF-financing

0.0%

USD

Co-financing

0.0%

USD

USD 49.2 million

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GCF-financing

100% disbursed

  • Grant USD 39,292,600
  • Total GCF-financing USD 39,292,600

Co-financing

  • Grant USD 4,095,400
  • Grant USD 5,000,000
  • Grant USD 800,000
  • Total co-financing USD 9,895,400

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