Cement destroyed 150.000 hectars of Agricultural lands
Over 150,000 hectares of agricultural lands lost their agricultural nature for since Algeria’s independence, according to figures provided by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Rachid Benaissa, who believes that this transformation becomes difficult due to the procedure that was imposed by the public authorities.
The minister regretted the transformation of these lands from their character, which has been “easy” to give way to construction, reminding the procedure that has been developed to stop the crisis of agricultural land ; “The matter imposed the intervention of the President Bouteflika, as well as the application of laws that determine conditions for transforming the agricultural lands “.
In the same direction, Ben Aissa admitted that; “The agricultural land conversion always forms a point of difference between sector of agriculture and other sectors, but it becomes increasingly more difficult thanks to the issuance of laws”.