In Morocco, one of the worst North African droughts in years and the subsequent damage to domestic agricultural production will make an already costly 2020 all the more expensive by forcing its government to import more crops, as well as cough up more financial aid for the country's struggling small farmers. While declining rainfall is a problem across the Maghreb region of northwest Africa , this year's ongoing spring and summer drought is hitting Morocco's agricultural sector particularly hard. According to June data released by the Moroccan government, slowdowns in the agricultural sector were the biggest drag on the country's economic growth last year, constituting a value-added GDP loss of 5.8 percent for the year. But following a dry 2019, this year is shaping up to be far from the recovery from that Moroccan farmers were hoping for.