Crop Yields under Climate Variability and No-Tillage System in Dry Areas of Morocco

Moussadek, Rachid; Laghrour, Malika; Mrabet, Rachid; Van Ranst, Eric

doi:10.12912/27197050/155024

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Crop Yields under Climate Variability and No-Tillage System in Dry Areas of Morocco

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Moussadek Rachid , Laghrour Malika , Mrabet Rachid , Van Ranst Eric

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10.12912/27197050/155024

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In Morocco, the intensive use of agricultural land coupled with irregular precipitation is a serious threat to the country’s food security. Conservation agriculture especially no-tillage (NT) system has shown an important result in the semi-arid regions of Morocco, but its dissemination to other, more humid, agro-ecological zones (precipitation > 350 mm) is still low. For this purpose, a field experiment under NT system has been installed since 2004 in the Zaer Plateau (Central Morocco) to study the adaptation of this system to the irregular rainfall compared to a conventional tillage (CT). Yields (grain and biomass) of crops (wheat and lentil) under NT and CT were analyzed and compared over the years of study. The ANOVA test showed that yields over the seven years were significantly different and that both crop yields under NT system were greater than or equal to those under CT system even though lentil is more vulnerable to extreme climate events under CT and NT systems. Unlike NT, yields under CT were significantly correlated with the rainfall amount received during the crop cycle. This indicates the dependence of CT precipitation, whereas NT is more adaptable to the irregularities of the climate in the study area.

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no-tillage crop yield wheat lentil climate variability dry area Morocco

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Lubelski Oddział Polskiego Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej
Lublin University of Technology
WNGB Wydawnictwo Naukowe

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Ecological Engineering & Environmental Technology

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2023

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Vol. 24, iss. 1

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221--232

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Bibliogr. 66 poz., rys., tab.

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Moussadek Rachid

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), North-Africa Platform, BP: 6443, Rabat Institutes, Av. Al Irfane,10100 Rabat, Morocco
National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), BP 6356, CRRA Rabat, Av. Al Irfane,10100 Rabat, Morocco

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8037-9054

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Laghrour Malika

laghrour.malika@gmail.com

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), North-Africa Platform, BP: 6443, Rabat Institutes, Av. Al Irfane,10100 Rabat, Morocco
National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), BP 6356, CRRA Rabat, Av. Al Irfane,10100 Rabat, Morocco

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4377-5052

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Mrabet Rachid

National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), BP 6356, CRRA Rabat, Av. Al Irfane,10100 Rabat, Morocco

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0311-193X

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Van Ranst Eric

Department of Geology (WE13), Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, Campus Sterre S8, B-9000 Gent, Belgium

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1698-3684

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