By Mohammed Manfalouti – HIBAPRESS
It is the power of the Almighty, and the mercy of the Most Merciful. After people despaired and harbored negative thoughts about God, the divine response came swiftly, causing the earth to gush forth with springs in the blink of an eye. The hopes of the farmers and the inhabitants of the cities, who were suffering from thirst due to the scarcity of water in the rivers and supplying dams, were revived… What a merciful God!
Here in the capital of Chaouia, which is considered the granary of Morocco, and which suffered greatly with the successive years of drought, today, by the grace of God, it sings of greenery and flowing water in the soil of the Tirs. Farmers and livestock breeders are optimistic, all hoping in the power of the Almighty and His mercy to perpetuate blessings and aid the land and offspring. They have suffered and endured hardship in providing fodder for their livestock due to its high cost and the scarcity of irrigation water and the consequences that followed. Some of them have abandoned many heads of livestock in the markets at a low price, and some have sold others and spent their price on fodder to save others… Here in the Mzamza region of the Settat district, where the farmers are "happy and active", from the positive impact that this flowing water from the sky will have, especially on the water table and enhancing the water reserves in many of the hill dams and rivers such as the Oum Er-Rbia River, not to mention the feeding of groundwater, which was damaged during the past years, especially after the cases of anticipation and fear that dominated the residents and farmers of many of the douars scattered in the territory of the Settat province, the gist of which is that the latter is now on the verge of turning its wells into dry holes without water due to the lack of rain in the past years and the spread of random drilling operations by advanced mechanisms, unlike the primitive methods that villagers used to use. Observers of agricultural affairs believe that the continuity of rainfall, God willing, is considered a good omen for the farmers and suggests a good agricultural season, God willing, which will undoubtedly contribute to increasing agricultural products and feeding the water table and raising livestock, especially since the region has experienced delays in rainfall over more than one past season due to climate change. Moreover, most areas in the Settat province are still experiencing very significant rainfall that has revived the hopes of farmers and livestock breeders alike, and what they have suffered from in providing fodder, the prices of which have become inflamed in their pockets, which has made them put their livestock up for sale, and thus, supply has become more than demand.
