Sokayna Bellam
Jodoor
Across Morocco and other water-scarce regions, farmers face rising climate pressure, shrinking water resources, land constraints, and increasingly fragile agricultural yields. At the same time, access to resilient farming infrastructure remains limited, especially for small and medium-sized growers.
Climate-resilient agriculture for a changing world
Jodoor enables farmers to produce fresh, high-quality crops in water-scarce environments through locally adapted hydroponic farming systems. Co-founded by Sokayna Bellam, the enterprise responds to one of the most urgent challenges facing agriculture across Africa and the Middle East: how to produce more food reliably while using fewer natural resources.
By combining controlled-environment agriculture, agronomic know-how, operational support, and market access, Jodoor is helping transform farming into a more resilient, productive, and scalable model. The company focuses on high-value leafy greens and aromatic herbs such as basil, chives, and dill, providing fresh produce for local and export markets while significantly reducing pressure on water and land.
As a woman founder in a capital-intensive agritech sector, Sokayna has focused on proving the model through practical field results, close collaboration with farmers and workers, and solutions designed for local realities.
A scalable model for farmers and investors
Jodoor’s model goes beyond building hydroponic farms. The company structures climate-resilient farms as productive agricultural assets by combining technology deployment, farm operations, production aggregation, and commercialisation.
This approach gives farmers access to resilient infrastructure, technical support, and market opportunities, while creating tangible, income-generating agricultural assets for investors. By doing so, Jodoor bridges two major gaps: the need for climate-smart agriculture on the farmer side, and the need for structured, real-economy investment opportunities on the capital side.
Jodoor’s systems are designed for arid and climate-stressed regions, using significantly less water and land than conventional farming while ensuring consistent quality and year-round production. The company is also creating stable rural jobs, with a strong focus on women’s employment, skills development, and dignity in agricultural work.
Key enterprise results
reduction in water usage compared to conventional farming
pesticide-residue-free crops
Jodoor is advancing climate-resilient hydroponic agriculture to help farmers produce fresh food with fewer resources, create stable rural livelihoods, and build more resilient food systems across Africa and the Middle East.
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