Objectif 2: Zero Hunger
UCA actively implements initiatives to combat hunger, ensuring food security and adequate nutrition for all students and surrounding communities. Through sustainable campus restaurants, solidarity actions, and awareness campaigns that ensure no one studies on an empty stomach.
Here is UCA in action :
There are no empty stomachs on campus :
Through CEIRS, we run a full safety net of hunger-busters:
- Subsidized meals everywhere: starting from 1.40 DH food in every faculty restaurant That’s UCA, feeding thousands daily so nutrition never skips a beat.
- Emergency food drops: Post-Al Haouz earthquake (and beyond), we rushed non-perishables, cereals, and baskets to shaken families – over 500 kits in the first wave alone, coordinated with the Moroccan Red Crescent.
- Ramadan solidarity (Iftar Taleb): Every holy month, volunteers deliver hot iftars and grocery packs, because Ramadan is all about solidarity.
As our Social Responsibility Report puts it: “Chaque année, le CEIRS organise… des opérations de distribution de repas chauds et des paniers de denrées alimentaires” – turning precarity into possibility.
We invite you to read the full 2024–2025 report down below for a detailed overview of our initiatives and impact
Learn More: https://www.uca.ma/uploads/odd/rapport-responsabilite-societale-de-luniversite-cadi-ayyad.pdf
1-University Restaurants :
University dining is a social service, with prices specifically designed to fit student budgets. In university restaurants, a full meal costs 1.40 DH.
Students may have two meals per day.
The meals served are lunch and dinner. Meals are not served on Sundays or public holidays.
The restaurants are open to students according to the following schedule:
Learn More : https://www.onousc.ma/Acces-aux-restaurants-universitaires
2-Training Tomorrow’s Food Heroes :
Local farmers in El Kelâa des Sraghna, the agricultural centre of Morocco, lose up to 30% of their harvest each year due to spoiling. Families will go hungry as a result of that food waste.
With our Professional Licence in Agrofood Engineering from the École Supérieure de Technologie (ESTK), UCA alters that.
- Diploma: Licence (S5/S6)
- Coordinator: Pr. CHAFIK ABDELBASSET
- Component: Higher School of Technology of Kalaa Seraghna
- Primary Language of Instruction: French
Students who complete this practical programme gain skills in the following areas, which are then directly transferred to local producers:
- Modern food processing to create shelf-stable products from raw grains and olives
- Safety regulations and quality assurance that adhere to international standards
- Methods of preservation reducing post-harvest losses by 20–40%
Graduates don’t just get jobs in the booming Ennakhil industrial park, they will also work as consultants for small farms, assisting them in increasing yields, reducing waste, and providing more sustainable food for more people. ESTK projects helped more than fifty local co-ops last year alone, stabilising supply chains and generating jobs.
Because in order to eradicate hunger at its source, knowledge is shared rather than hoarded.
Learn More: https://www.uca.ma/en/formations/initial-training/genie-agroalimentaire
3-Local Fields with University Labs :
Moroccan farmers should not fight the drought and soil loss alone. UCA brings the solutions straight to their plots.
Under the direction of Pr. Aïssam Salama, the Faculty of Science & Technology Marrakech’s Licence Sciences et Techniques—Ingénierie des Productions Végétales—trains young agronomists who work directly with local farmers in the fields rather than merely attending classes.
What they return to the land with:
- Climate-smart crop types that can withstand dry spells
- Soil biology techniques to revitalise depleted fields
- Water-efficient irrigation that reduces consumption by 30 to 50%
- Families can eat safer food thanks to organic pest control.
Field days, demonstration plots, and free workshops for local farmers are held each semester. Dozens of small farms made the transition to resilient, profitable systems.
Graduates are prepared to work as researchers, project managers, advisers, or just return home and permanently change their own family farms.
Learn More: https://www.uca.ma/en/formations/initial-training/ingenierie-des-productions-vegetales