First of all, the entire country of Morocco was place on lockdown from Mid-March. Presently, the country has gradually started lifting the restrictions by dividing the country into two geographic zones depending on case density per region.
With regards to local food production, I can say that the Moroccan Government put in excellent measures to ensure that there was more than enough adequate supply during the lockdown period. Even during the period of Ramadan, where most households buy more food items, there was enough food for the period. The Moroccan government took hold of the sector, provided incentives to enable food and dairy producers to produce enough quantity of food without compromising on quality.
There were still bottlenecks. This year's overall yield in cereals was very low. The government in response to this, is considering an application to scrape import duties for cereal products since the country is given little choic than to import more cereals.
Other areas like fruits and vegetables actually enjoyed great success. There was enough for the Moroccan market. There is the demand to export fruits to some EU Countries. The only bottleneck was that most of these exports were done by road. The restrictions and the administrative delays in treating some processes may have increased costs of these exported products. It also may have had dire consequences of perishable goods. Allbeit, local prices of food across Morocco was well regulated by the government as it supersvised strictly and applied sanctions to ensure that local retailers did not hike food prices.
In all, the positives of the Moroccan response could serve as best practice that could be emulated by other countries.
Dr. Samuel Opoku Gyamfi