Climate change, water resources are the biggest challenges to olive yields in Morocco
Olive
Vegetables
Morocco
Published Feb 28, 2023
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At the Al Moutmir Open Innovation Lab held virtually on Monday, climate change and water resources were highlighted as two major obstacles facing olive production in Morocco.
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With increasing challenges to farmers, customization has once emerged as an essential solution. Rabat - Belkassem Boulouha, a professor at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), highlighted some of the factors that affected production during the 2021/22 cycle. Climate was the most significant of these, with temperatures becoming more extreme over the past year, rendering it difficult to get good yields in most areas. Rainfalls (or the lack thereof) and hot winds have also affected yields, Boulouha added. Morocco suffered its most severe drought in decades during the 2021/22 season, with temperatures approaching 50 C degrees and dry hot winds that led to decreasing output throughout all crops. The decreased rains affected not only rainfed crops, but also those relying on irrigation water, as water in the country’s dams and reserves dramatically decreased due to the low precipitation. Those circumstances, along with a pattern of decreasing output following years with good ...
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