Fikri Ould Ali Heba Press
The process of creating model ecological domains continues in the Rif region, with the start, yesterday Saturday, of the creation of the third domain on the outskirts of the center of Ait Gamra in the province of Al Hoceima.
The project, known as “Food Forest Rif,” is overseen by the Perma Reef Association for Sustainable Agriculture, in partnership with the Riforest Foundation and with support from the Dutch Wild Geese Organization.
The current phase, which started at the beginning of last week and will continue until the end of next week, with the participation of many Dutch volunteers, constitutes a decisive step in the construction and development of these areas, after the preparatory work carried out by the association owning the project, which mainly consists of developing suitable designs for the estates under the field supervision of the expert in… Ecological agriculture and design of estates that adopt this agricultural model, Omar Haji L The current stage is witnessing development. planting fruit trees and trees that help fertilize the land and repair the soil.
In fact, the process of planting fruit trees of different types, including citrus, pomegranate, olive, carob and basmala, is carried out accompanied by a group of medicinal herbs like azir, so that two of these plants are planted in the same hole in which the fruit trees are planted.
This process, according to Omar Haji, aims to help the tree stay healthy by providing it with many organic substances to help it grow, and also by helping it expel parasites that could infect it, especially in the early stages of its growth.
It’s actually like a baby being held by caring hands until it grows up healthy.
The “food forest” series, in fact, does not differ much from what our ancestors in the region followed, in the process of planting and planting. In fact, there is no difference, and the current project can be said to be a project. revival of this path.
It is a philosophy that is based on diversity and diversification, and which also gives the importance that each tree deserves by creating natural conditions conducive to growth, without the need to introduce toxic chemical compounds outside of the natural organic system.
Abdul Rafie Al-Adnani, president of the “Perma Reef” association, said that the association is part of the dynamism that the Rif region has witnessed over the past four years, linked to the distribution of trees fruit trees to small farmers in the region. which was initiated by the “Reforest” Foundation.
Before this dynamic transformed into an association that could be considered as the twin of “Reforest”, after three seasons of distributing plants, the association and its partners raised the ceiling of the work by launching the domain project ecological.
He highlighted that the five farms carried out under the project were described as exemplary, given that the project could develop further based on the results of the updated farms.
He emphasized that inheritances can bring about radical economic transformation in the economic and social lives of beneficiaries as well as in the general environment.
He stressed that there is a continued growth among the different segments of the importance of returning to the “earth”, as well as an awareness of the ongoing transformations in consumption patterns, which makes the future of promising ecological agriculture.
Regarding the annual afforestation and planting operations launched by the association, the same spokesperson confirmed that the process will continue and that the process of the new season will begin in the coming weeks, because the association, with the support of its partners, plans to distribute thousands of dollars. trees and medicinal herb plants.
Saeed Al-Qaddouri, member of the Reforest Foundation, believes that the Foundation, since its launch several years ago, has been obsessed with restoring the natural life of rural lands.
He stressed that he feels great sadness when he sees how the organic life of the soil is wasted by introducing many chemical compounds into agricultural work, while our ancestors were able to preserve and care for species through a system of diversification which ensures “the construction of common natural defenses”. »
