Foreign Private Investment and Issues of Modernization and Agricultural Development in Morocco: from the Protectorate to the Eighties

المصطفى مرتبط مبارك الطايعي; El-moustapha Mourtabit Tairi Mbarek

Article Details

Foreign Private Investment and Issues of Modernization and Agricultural Development in Morocco: from the Protectorate to the Eighties

Authors:

المصطفى مرتبط مبارك الطايعي | El-moustapha Mourtabit Tairi Mbarek

Publisher:

Mogador Center for Studies and Research (MCSR)

Journal:

The Lixus Journal of History and Humanities Vol.3 Issue 57, pp.59-43

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2025

Document Language:

Arabic

Document ID (Org No.):

2001843287

pISSN:

2605-6259

Keywords:

Abstract:

 This article expands on arguments from the researcher’s earlier work, Social Structures and Agricultural Capitalism in Morocco, offering a realistic analysis of modernization and development pathways. By examining Morocco’s socio-economic shifts and agricultural policies, it explores the shortcomings of post-independence agricultural modernization programs and the challenges facing private foreign investment—once robust during colonial penetration. It also questions the local commercial and agrarian bourgeoisie’s failure to establish an autonomous developmental alternative. Focusing on private foreign investment in agriculture, the study critically assesses its role in modernization and development, questioning the historical logic of agrarian and social transformation. Ultimately, it asks: Is the crisis of agricultural modernization one of financing, or of social structures and power relations? And despite foreign investment’s transformative impact, did it truly modernize agriculture or create genuine conditions for development?.

Article Details

Foreign Private Investment and Issues of Modernization and Agricultural Development in Morocco: from the Protectorate to the Eighties

Authors:

المصطفى مرتبط مبارك الطايعي | El-moustapha Mourtabit Tairi Mbarek

Publisher:

Mogador Center for Studies and Research (MCSR)

Journal:

The Lixus Journal of History and Humanities Vol.3 Issue 57, pp.59-43

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2025

Document Language:

Arabic

Document ID (Org No.):

2001843287

pISSN:

2605-6259

الاستثمار الأجنبي الخاص

البورجوازية المغربية

التحديث الزراعي

التنمية

الفلاحة

Private Foreign Investment

Moroccan Bourgeoisie

Agricultural Modernization

Development

Agriculture

Issues

Article Details

Authors: المصطفى مرتبط مبارك الطايعي | El-moustapha Mourtabit Tairi Mbarek

Publisher: Mogador Center for Studies and Research (MCSR)

Journal: The Lixus Journal of History and Humanities Vol.3 Issue 57, pp.59-43

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 4/2025

Document Language: Arabic

Document ID (Org No.): 2001843287

pISSN: 2605-6259

Issues

Authors:

المصطفى مرتبط مبارك الطايعي | El-moustapha Mourtabit Tairi Mbarek

Publisher:

Mogador Center for Studies and Research (MCSR)

Journal:

The Lixus Journal of History and Humanities Vol.3 Issue 57, pp.59-43

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

4/2025

Document Language:

Arabic

Document ID (Org No.):

2001843287

pISSN:

2605-6259