Local people living in these arid and semi-arid lands have created an incredible production system based on the argan tree. These local communities make oil and other products from the argan trees, farm on the land around the trees and rear goats who scale the short trees and eat argan nuts.
Are argan trees native to Morocco?
However, the relatively remote area is home to the incredible argan tree. A treasure of Morocco, the argan tree not only provides one of the country’s most valuable exports, argan oil, but is also endemic to the region and only grows naturally in and around Morocco!
Why do women eat argan oil in Morocco?
The making of argan oil is also a social occasion for the women get together. The argan tree also produces excellent quality wood and charcoal, which is highly valued throughout the region and has long supplied most of the big cities in Morocco. Biodiversity hotspot
How do Moroccan women make amlou?
Traditionally, Moroccan women made amlou in the same stone mills in which they processed the argan fruits (via My Moorish Plate ), and this wasn’t a simple task. To produce just one liter of the liquid oil, women would work as many as 20 hours toasting, crushing, mixing, and extracting the oils of the argan nuts by hand, per Atlas Obscura.