The 2019-2020 crop year recorded “limited rainfall” at 205 mm on April 22, 2020, down 34% from the 30-year average (323.7 mm ) and 25% compared to the previous crop year (282.1 mm) at the same date, said on Wednesday the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests.
The impact of this low volume of rains has been exacerbated by their poor and irregular spatio-temporal distribution, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the crop year witnessed low rainfall at all stages of grain development and was also characterized by long dry periods (almost 40 days) during bolting and tilling periods.
The rainfall deficit affected all the cereal regions to a greater or lesser degree, noted the ministry, saying that in Chaouia and Haouz, this deficit was 50% on average, while in Saïss and in the North, it varied between 30 and 45% with a relatively favorable level of precipitation for the growth and development of cereals.
The crop year was therefore average in Saïss and Gharb and poor in the rest of the regions, the same source said.
For livestock, the last rainfall and the launch by the ministry of the program to safeguard the livestock have contributed to the improvement of the situation of fodder resources, the ministry said.
The ministry said that with favorable rainfall forecasts for the next 2 weeks, “it is expected that this situation will progress.”
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