Fruit-growing arboriculture in SODEA is:
 A confirmed experience of more than quarter of a century.

 19 413 ha out of which:

7 660 ha of Citrus  

 
  11 % of the Citrus national surface and about 10 % of Morocco Citrus export
  A participation of more than 50 % to the company’s turnover
  A surface of 940 ha conducted in fertigation
  On a surface of 1200 ha, new clones: Nour - Muska - Larache - Ortanique - Nules, are the pride of SODEA
  Integrated programmes of plant health treatments
  Average production of 37 000 tons of small fruits and 90 000 oranges
  An export tonnage of approximately 60 000 tons
6 189 ha of grapevine   
  An average participation of 20 % to the company’s turnover
  Dessert-grapes : 1 173 ha, with diversified varieties: Valency, Muscat, Cardinal, Sultanine, Perlette, Dattier de Beyrouth,…
  Vate-grapes : 5 016 ha with improved vines: Syrah, Cabernet, Timpranillo, Merlot rouge, Mourvedre,
  An active partnership with the private sector on a surface of 6 761 ha
  An average production of Wine on dregs of more than
220 000 hl, that is almost 60 % of the national production
  
  Prestigious guaranteed labels of origin
  • L.O: Guerrouane
  • L.O. Berkane
  • L.O. Gharb
  • L.O. Chellah
      

3 182 ha of olives

  A varied patrimony, dominated by Moroccan Picholine, enriched with:
  • Varieties tested by the agronomic research: Manzanilla, Lucques, Carolea, Ascolana, Chemlali
  • European varieties: Frantoio, Picual
  • New discoveries by INRA: Menara, Haouzia
  Cooperation and partnership agreements to give new dynamism to the olives sector at the national level
1 323 ha of rosaceae and new species
  An average surface of:
  • 920 ha of stone species (almonds-tree, apricots-tree, peach-tree, nectarines-tree, plums-tree, cherries-tree)
  • 450 ha of seed species: apples-tree, pears-tree, nuts-tree, quinces-tree)
  • 90 ha of promotional species: pecan-tree, pistachio-tree, avocado-tree, pomegranate-tree.
  Appropriated technical itineraries to ensure the profitability
  Almonds varieties of a high commercial value: Ferragnès, Ferraduel, Marcona, Fournat, Tuono
  High-tech crop techniques for the apple and pear trees
916 ha of forests
  80 % dominated by Eucalyptus
  Planting of Alep pine and poplar
  Shelterbelts represented especially by the cypresses
  
  
  
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