Source: Reuters Pubdate: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 EU GIVES MOROCCO $1 MILLION TO REPLACE CANNABIS CROPS RABAT, March 2 (Reuters) - The European Union donated Morocco 10 million dirhams ($1.0 million) to replace cannabis plantations with alternate crops, an E.U. statement said on Monday. ``Nearly 10 million dirhams were donated to Morocco for the development of its northern provinces to favour the introduction of new business in areas most affected by cannabis culture,'' the statement said. It said the project was part of the EU's efforts to stop drug trafficking and help develop Morocco's northern provinces by encouraging farmers to grow other crops. According to Moroccan officials, a total 60,000 hectares are cultivated with cannabis in the remote northern Rif area annually. ($1- 9.7 dirhams)