For the first time since the signing of the Abraham Accords, and in general, Israeli companies will begin operating in the Moroccan Sahara. This is a territory in North West Africa that was annexed by Morocco in 1979 and was recognized by Israel and the US, as part of the Abraham Accords.
In this framework, a consortium of 4 start-ups in the field of food tech, led by the Halman Aldubi Technologies company and in cooperation with one of the leading universities in Morocco, signed an agreement to promote a food project that aims to provide protein for 10 million people per day. Israeli companies in the field of growing algae, extracting protein from insects, separating organic waste, and extracting protein from organic waste will take part in the project.
North African food production is about to get a major upgrade! 🇲🇦🇮🇱
— South African Friends of Israel (@MZANSIISRAEL) April 10, 2023
Four Israeli food tech startups will partner with Halman-Aldubi Technologies and a leading #Moroccan university to improve protein access to 10 million people, mainly in #Africa. 🔬🍔https://t.co/g2OHRCmb9H
Morocco, like many countries in Africa, suffers from instability and uncertainty in everything related to food, especially in the field of ​​protein consumption. As part of the vision of the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, and as part of his plan to promote food security in the country, Morocco has set itself an ambitious goal of a significant increase in the number of edible fish ponds. The state intends to reach an annual volume of 350,000 tons of fish per year.
However, beyond the logistical aspects of realizing the vision, Morocco suffers from currency problems and a trade deficit. Therefore, the state is not able to provide the amount of food necessary for growing fish and is not able to import fish food from abroad in the required volumes. This is in addition to the logistical difficulties and problems in the supply chain associated with importing such volumes.
An agreement signed by Halman Aldubi Technologies with the Moroccan UM6P University aims to provide a solution to this problem and produce available, local, and sustainable food for fish.
The project will use a combination of 4 different technologies from 4 different Israeli start-ups. The companies involved include “Seakura”, which operates in the field of growing algae in a brackish environment and has developed a technology, protected by a patent, for growing high-protein algae; The “Shahar Group” which developed a technology, based on artificial intelligence, to separate organic waste from non-organic waste; The “FREEZME” company which developed a technology to produce protein from insects and the “Celitron” company that developed a technology to produce pure protein from organic waste.
Fish food in the Sahara, latest in Israel-Morocco relationshttps://t.co/yVcAnDe0xX pic.twitter.com/A7JFNRXISk
— i24NEWS English (@i24NEWS_EN) April 9, 2023
Dr. Roni Helman, CEO and founder of Helman Aldubi Technologies said: "We are happy to continue to implement the Abraham Accords and be the first to operate in the Moroccan Sahara. As a company specializing in providing integrative solutions, we are proud to lead a consortium that will implement unique Israeli food tech technologies, technologies that will transform one of the most challenging regions in Africa from a food importer to a producer of available and sustainable food, and to support the realization of the vision of the King of Morocco"
