International Day of Argania

Globally, an estimated 3.5 to 5.8 billion people, use wild plants, and one billion depend on wild foods for their livelihoods and food security. Among them, the argan , of course. However, as with all our natural resources, we need to keep an eye on sustainability. That is the purpose of the report  Wild Check: Assessing risks and opportunities of trade in wild plant ingredients : understanding the responsible sourcing of wild-harvested plants, including the argan. Argan, one of the five wild plants hidden in our everyday lives

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed May 10th as International Day of Argania in 2021, The resolution A/RES/75/262 , submitted by Morocco, was co-sponsored by 113 member states of the United Nations and adopted by consensus. RESOLUTION 75/262. International Day of Argania.  The General Assembly,  Reaffirming its resolution 70/1 of 25 September 2015, entitled “ Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ”, in which it adopted a comprehensive, far-reaching and people-centred set of universal and transformative Sustainable Development Goals and targets, its commitment to working tirelessly for the full implementation of the Agenda by 2030, its recognition that eradicating poverty in all its forms and dimensions, including extreme poverty, is the greatest global challenge and an indispensable requirement for sustainable development, its commitment to achieving sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social and environmen...