Morocco reduces irrigated land amidst drought

Morocco reduces irrigated land amidst drought
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Tuesday 15 November 2022 - 22:56

Morocco reduced the volume of irrigated land for the next agricultural season to 417,000 hectares, compared to 1.6 million hectares during normal years, with the government continuing to search for new alternative irrigation methods.

Water reservoirs, which Morocco heavily relies on to irrigate land, do not exceed 600 million cubic meters – part of it will be allocated to the Loukos and Gharb regions, while limited resources will supply Souss and Ouarzazate.

5,000 hectares of land is irrigated with desalinated water in the Dakhla region using wind energy.

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