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At the same time, Morocco opens its market to dozens of authorised products and strengthens controls to ensure sustainable and credible growth in the sector. Between product launches, stricter regulation and international ambitions, 2025 seems to be a crucial year for the country.
67 Cannabis-based products
A Moroccan Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AMMPS) confirmed that 67 cannabis-derived products have obtained marketing authorisation, including “26 cosmetics and 41 food supplements”.
Obtaining a marketing authorisation from the Directorate of Medicines and Pharmacy (DMP) is mandatory before any product can be marketed, either in Morocco or abroad.
Behind these authorisations is a sharp increase in crops. The figures published by Nationale de regulation des activites relatives au cannabis (ANRAC) they show that the traditional variety “Beldia” has grown spectacularly.
In 2025, the area dedicated to Beldia tripled to 4,400 hectares, compared to 1,400 hectares in 2024. These lands are distributed among Taounate, Chefchaouen and Al Hoceima, with a total of 4,490 farmers grouped into 250 cooperatives.
Expansion is not limited to local varieties. Imported seeds also entered the legal circuit, with the Office national de securite sanitaire des produits alimentaires (ONSSA) authorized the cultivation of 1340 hectares.
In total, ANRAC certified 7.6 million imported seeds based on 30 import licenses and approved 1,717 Beldia seed yards for 112 cooperatives.
According to the available data, legal production in Morocco has reached 4,082 tons of cannabis, with an average yield of 20 quintals per hectare. While the local variety Beldia produced about 17 quintals per hectare, the imported varieties achieved higher productivity, with an average of 28 quintals per hectare.
Strengthening the sector
To ensure the credibility of this new economy, the Moroccan authorities have considerably strengthened controls. ANRAC stated that it has 2,202 inspection operations by the end of 2024. These included crop controls, seed import inspections, export controls, processing controls and more than 1,200 transport-related inspections, representing the bulk of surveillance activity.
But the agency is also sending a clear message to operators who are not complying with the rules. In 2025, more than 90 non-compliance permits were withdrawn.
This stricter line aims to eliminate speculation, enforce commitments and consolidate trust between local farmers and international partners. Those who do not fulfil their contractual obligations, whether they are cooperatives or investors, are removed in order to protect the image and credibility of the sector.
In parallel with the strengthening of controls, Morocco continues to give priority to small farmers, who were historically part of the informal economy linked to cannabis culture. In 2025 alone, 3,800 new cultivation permits were issued, in addition to 2,900 renewals. Currently, more than 4,000 Moroccan farmers are involved in legal production, working in cooperatives that facilitate compliance with the law and give access to funding.
ANRAC has clearly defined its objectives: “to strengthen the structuring of the sector, better support small farmers and facilitate access to national and international markets” Training programmes, access to capital and the valorisation of products are at the heart of this programme, with the aim of making cannabis a lever for rural development and not an informal survival economy.
Marrocos: 67 novos produtos de canábis e controlos mais rigorosos
