Rabat – FareShare, UK’s leading charity, concluded a deal with Moroccan businesses to redistribute food donated from Moroccan businesses in the UK.
Morocco’s Food Export Board brokered the deal between Moroccan businesses and the non-governmental organization that is dedicated to fighting food waste and hunger, according to a statement by the NGO.
Moroccan companies Atlas Olive Oil, Olea Capital, Cartier Saada, and Mutandis have all agreed to donate food to the charity, the same source specifies.
Under the agreement, FareShare is to receive 936 liters of fruit juice, 240 kilos of pasta, 60 kilos of semolina, 36 liters of extra virgin olive oil, and 28 kilos of green and black olives in the first shipment, according to the same source.
Morocco and UK’s trade cooperation took a positive turn post-Brexit. While Morocco’s imports to the UK used to take six days by road through Spain, new sea trade routes cut the time to less than three days.
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The inauguration of the world’s longest power transmission cable connecting the two countries in the coming years is the highlight of the bilateral economic cooperation between the two countries.
The underwater cable, developed by UK’s green energy Xlinks is 3,800 kilometer-long and will see the transmission of electricity from a special-built solar and wind plant in Morocco.
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With a transmission capacity of 5 GW/20 GWh (gigawatt hours), crossing four territorial waters along the way, the electricity will be sold in locations across the UK by means of the transmission cable.
Xlinks projects the cable will be operational by 2027, with a second cable scheduled for 2029. The two-joined cables amount to the longest underwater cable ever made.
