Moroccans shun watermelon

Despite the drop in watermelon prices recorded in recent days, demand remains low, much to the dismay of traders at the Casablanca wholesale market.

Currently, “the price of a watermelon varies between 100 and 150 dirhams,” but consumers are not stocking up, complains Najib, a seller at the Casablanca wholesale market. In a statement to the site Madar21He explained that this price remains high for low-income households. “There are people who earn a daily wage of 100 dirhams, and cannot afford to buy a watermelon for 70 or 100 dirhams that may not even be sweet,” he comments.