Algeria: at the heart of a high-potential market undergoing an agricultural renaissance
KEY FIGURES
- 10% of the nation’s GDP comes from agriculture
- 41.4 million hectares of agricultural land (17.4% of the territory)
- 8.5 million hectares of Utilised Agricultural Land (UAL)
- More than 1 million farms
- 95% of the agricultural equipment needs come from imports
- 25% of the working population employed by this sector
- Increase in agricultural production since the launch of the National Agricultural and Rural Development Programme (PNDAR) and the agricultural and rural economy regeneration policy
A DIVERSIFIED AGRICULTURE
2015-2019 – The new Government Action Plan, prioritising the development of domestic agriculture and the promotion of agricultural products, has the following aims:
- Invest in food safety, improve quality, diversify and promote local products with annual funding of 300 billion dinars (€3 billion) allotted to agriculture;
- Develop irrigation to reach the target of 2 million hectares of newly-irrigated land;
- Promote the mechanisation of production to compensate for the shortfall in farm labour;
- Meet substantial needs in 10 priority areas:
- Cereals
- Raw milk
- Red meat and poultry
- Pulses
- Potatoes
- Olives
- Tomatoes for processing
- Fruit growing
- Date growing
- Support the development of agro-industrial activity (new business creation, development of relationships with world leaders with technological and market expertise, improvement of business environment)
- Develop infrastructure
- Promote the transmission of know-how and R&D.
