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In the Fez-Meknes region, the 2024-2025 agricultural campaign is starting in good conditions, thanks to cumulative rainfall which reached 80.33 mm on November 13, 2024, “an increase of 25.8%”, indicates to Médias24 the Regional Directorate of Agriculture.
The province of Boulemane is the one which recorded the most precipitation, with cumulative rainfall of around 98.4 mm. The province of Taounate is the one which received the least (52.7mm). But this accumulation is higher than that of last year at the same time (44.3 mm).
In addition, the water reserves of the Sebou basin amount to 2.2 billion cubic meters, whose dams supply the agricultural areas of the region. In fact, the Regional Directorate of Agriculture “expects a good start to the agricultural campaign”. An agricultural season which begins with tillage.
For now, 535,460 ha have been prepared, including 24,570 ha irrigated and 510,890 ha under cultivation. This work was carried out on 18,330 ha by animal traction. However, the majority of farmers rely on mechanical work (517,130 ha). Concerning the installation of large crops, the progress of sowing of autumn cereals, food legumes and fodder crops has reached 132,356 ha and is broken down as follows:
– Autumn cereals: 109,165 ha, including 54,740 ha of soft wheat, 22,740 ha of durum wheat and 31,685 ha of barley;
– Food legumes: 3,489 ha, including 3,169 ha of beans, 260 ha of lentils and 60 ha of peas;
– Forage crops: 19,702 ha, including 6,335 ha of feed barley, 4,955 ha of oats, 3,950 ha of alfalfa, 2,365 ha of fava beans, 822 ha of feed corn, 480 ha of berseem and 300 ha of vetch.
Regarding market gardening, the initial program provided for 6,600 ha, but the surface area achieved reached 6,787 ha, dont :
– 3401.7 ha of potatoes,
– 1,003 have the hub;
– 450 ha of cauliflower;
– 408 ha of garlic;
– 337 ha of carrot;
– 175 ha of green onions;
– 150 ha of coriander;
– 150 hectares of melon;
– 150 ha of parsley;
– 130 ha of vegetable beets;
– 100 ha of fennel.
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