Climate change parches Morocco amid policy woesAFP, BERRECHID, MoroccoAround this time every year, Moroccan wheat farmer Abderrahim Mohafid is usually preparing for his spring harvest, but this year his fields lie unusually bare. “The harvest is already lost,” said Mohafid, 54, as he glanced at his 20-hectare field where almost nothing has grown. Sheep rest in a dry cereal field in Berrechid, Morocco, on Wednesday last week. In November last year, they had sown 2.3 million hectares compared to between 4 million and 5 million hectares on average in previous years, he said. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has similarly warned of a “disorderly intensification of irrigation” in Berrechid over the past two decades.

Source: Taipei Times February 12, 2024 18:44 UTC