In November 2020, the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture’s National Office for Food Safety (ONSSA) granted official variety registration to three U.S. varieties: Atlantic, Cal White, and Chieftain. Il-Marokk, li jimporta madwar 45,000 tunnellata ta 'patata taż-żerriegħa kull sena mill-Unjoni Ewropea, għandu sistema ta' reġistrazzjoni tal-varjetà. Il-varjetajiet kollha tal-patata mkabbra fuq skala kummerċjali għandhom jiġu rreġistrati mas-sistema tal-gvern għar-reġistrazzjoni tal-varjetà ġestita mill-ONSSA.
Potatoes USA and the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) in Rabat Morocco were key in getting the seed potato samples to ONSSA in a timely fashion. FAS works with Moroccan importers in getting samples through customs. In the future, private importers will manage seed shipments.
Ir-reġistrazzjoni kienet ibbażata fuq provi ta ’varjetà ta’ suċċess fl-2019 u l-2020. L-ONSSA tippjana kampjuni ta ’varjetà fi tmien postijiet differenti fuq medda ta’ żmien ta ’sentejn biex tevalwa l-varjetajiet. Il-kampjuni tal-patata taż-żerriegħa ġew esportati minn Allied Potato (CO), Zuckerman Family Farms (CA), u Dick Bedlington Farms (WA). Il-Marokk b’dawn il-varjetajiet jista ’jseħħ kmieni fl-aħħar tal-2021.
