This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
HIBAPRESS-RABAT- ORMVAM
The forecast production of citrus fruits, for the 2024-2025 agricultural campaign, at the level of the irrigated perimeter of Moulouya (province of Berkane) is estimated at some 192,300 tonnes, that 60 pc of the production of these citrus fruits, of which a good quantity will be exported, concerns clementine varieties, although the citrus industry has been significantly affected by climate change, notably successive years of drought and the water shortage in the Moulouya basin complex, which led to a drop in production of around 14 pc during this season.
However, the improvement observed in the hydraulic basin at the start of the 2024-2025 season, due to the increase in the quantity of water available, contributed to improving the quality of production and increasing the quantity produced, that this also contributed to the development of trees which suffered from drought in past seasons, which will have a positive effect on late varieties such as ”Maroc late”.
