Tag: drought
Morocco: Development of new cereal varieties more tolerant to drought
Six promising durum wheat and barley varieties that are more tolerant to drought, and that offer higher yields and important nutritional qualities have been developed ... Read More
Horn of Africa drought likely to become worse than 2011 catastrophic famine
Drought trends in the Horn of Africa are now worse than they were during the 2011 famine in which hundreds of thousands of people died, ... Read More
King of Morocco Delivers Speech to Parliament on Occasion of Opening of 1st Session of 2nd Legislative Year
King Mohammed VI of Morocco, accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, delivered, on Friday, a speech to the Parliament on the occasion of the ... Read More
Drought shrinks Morocco’s cereals harvest by 67%
Lack of rainfall has weighed on Morocco’s cereals harvest which dropped to 34 million quintals this year, down 67% from last year, the agriculture ministry ... Read More
Morocco’s economic growth to drop to 0.7% due to drought, war in Ukraine
Morocco’s central bank revised downwards this year’s growth forecast to 0.7% amid rising inflationary pressures due to fallout of the war in Ukraine and as ... Read More
Moroccans pray for rain amid worst drought in decades
Moroccans prayed for rain after the Friday prayer as the country faces its worst drought since 1981. Late and unevenly distributed rainfall has put a ... Read More
Morocco imposes water-saving measures to mitigate drought impact
Morocco’s interior ministry has ordered water rationing in regions hit by drought, the worst Morocco has experienced in decades. Climate experts consider this drought the ... Read More
Morocco’s soft wheat subsidies to soar to 3.84 billion dirhams ($410 million)
Morocco’s braces for a surge in the bill of subsidies to keep bread prices stable from 1.3 billion dirhams in a normal year to 3.844 ... Read More
Drought haunts Morocco’s crop year
Late rainfall is auguring ill for this year’s crop year in Morocco amid a depletion of water dam filling rate to worrying levels. Last year ... Read More
Climate Summit: Africa between expectations and urgency to act
The fight for the climate is at the heart of a two-day international virtual summit organized by U.S. President Joe Biden, on the occasion of ... Read More