Agriculture

Algeria has been taking active steps to lower its food import bill and improve local agriculture production. That being said, the government continues to face challenges in areas such as land appropriation and financing. Given its sizeable agricultural land potential and current development programmes, Algeria is ideally poised to be an exporting country for agricultural produce. Developing a smart export policy and system based on intensive agriculture will be crucial going forward. This chapter contains interviews with Abdesselam Chelghoum, Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries; and David Blumberg, CEO, Blumberg Grain Middle East & Africa.