Moroccan agriculture, climate change, and the Moroccan Green Plan: A CGE analysis

Ouraich, Ismail; Tyner, Wallace E.

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“…In Northern Africa, particularly Morocco, crop production is regionally diverse owing to different climatic conditions, agro-ecological zones, land-crop tenure and farming systems ( Ouraich and Tyner, 2018 ). This geographical diversity results in varied agriculture, with crops ranging from cereals and vegetables to fruits and nuts, grains, legumes, etc., that contribute significantly towards the country’s agricultural sustainability and food security.…”

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“…This geographical diversity results in varied agriculture, with crops ranging from cereals and vegetables to fruits and nuts, grains, legumes, etc., that contribute significantly towards the country’s agricultural sustainability and food security. Cereal production accounts for 65% of cultivable agricultural areas ( Ouraich and Tyner, 2018 ). Most cereal production occurs under rainfed conditions.…”

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Field phenotyping for African crops: overview and perspectives

Cudjoe,

Virlet,

Castle

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Front. Plant Sci.

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Improvements in crop productivity are required to meet the dietary demands of the rapidly-increasing African population. The development of key staple crop cultivars that are high-yielding and resilient to biotic and abiotic stresses is essential. To contribute to this objective, high-throughput plant phenotyping approaches are important enablers for the African plant science community to measure complex quantitative phenotypes and to establish the genetic basis of agriculturally relevant traits. These advances will facilitate the screening of germplasm for optimum performance and adaptation to low-input agriculture and resource-constrained environments. Increasing the capacity to investigate plant function and structure through non-invasive technologies is an effective strategy to aid plant breeding and additionally may contribute to precision agriculture. However, despite the significant global advances in basic knowledge and sensor technology for plant phenotyping, Africa still lags behind in the development and implementation of these systems due to several practical, financial, geographical and political barriers. Currently, field phenotyping is mostly carried out by manual methods that are prone to error, costly, labor-intensive and may come with adverse economic implications. Therefore, improvements in advanced field phenotyping capabilities and appropriate implementation are key factors for success in modern breeding and agricultural monitoring. In this review, we provide an overview of the current state of field phenotyping and the challenges limiting its implementation in some African countries. We suggest that the lack of appropriate field phenotyping infrastructures is impeding the development of improved crop cultivars and will have a detrimental impact on the agricultural sector and on food security. We highlight the prospects for integrating emerging and advanced low-cost phenotyping technologies into breeding protocols and characterizing crop responses to environmental challenges in field experimentation. Finally, we explore strategies for overcoming the barriers and maximizing the full potential of emerging field phenotyping technologies in African agriculture. This review paper will open new windows and provide new perspectives for breeders and the entire plant science community in Africa.

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Section: African Crops and The Challenges To Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Field phenotyping for African crops: overview and perspectives

Cudjoe,

Virlet,

Castle

et al. 2023

Front. Plant Sci.

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Climate change vulnerability, water resources and social implications in North Africa

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North Africa is considered a climate change hot spot. Existing studies either focus on the physical aspects of climate change or discuss the social ones. The present article aims to address this divide by assessing and comparing the climate change vulnerability of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia and linking it to its social implications. The vulnerability assessment focuses on climate change exposure, water resources, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity. The results suggest that all countries are exposed to strong temperature increases and a high drought risk under climate change. Algeria is most vulnerable to climate change, mainly due to the country's high sensitivity. Across North Africa, the combination of climate change and strong population growth is very likely to further aggravate the already scarce water situation. The so-called Arab Spring has shown that social unrest is partly caused by unmet basic needs of the population for food and water. Thus, climate change may become an indirect driver of social instability in North Africa. To mitigate the impact of climate change, it is important to reduce economic and livelihood dependence on rain-fed agriculture, strengthen sustainable land use practices, and increase the adaptive capacity. Further, increased regional cooperation and sub-national vulnerability assessments are needed.

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Moroccan agriculture, climate change, and the Moroccan Green Plan: A CGE analysis

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Field phenotyping for African crops: overview and perspectives

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Climate change vulnerability, water resources and social implications in North Africa

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