Activity Report 2012 Report
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Kingdom of Morocco Activity Activity Report 2012 Report His Majesty King Mohammed VI Contents First Words ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................4 Major events 2012 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6 Environment and Natural Resources ...............................................................................................................................................10 Variety Creation .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................14 Agronomy and Agricultural Machinery .............................................................................................................................................18 Plant Protection ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24 Animal Production ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................34 Rural Economy and Sociology ....................................................................................................................................................................................38 Food Technology and Quality .................................................................................................................................................................................42 Research for Development .........................................................................................................................................................................................44 Communication and Documentation ..................................................................................................................................48 Cooperation ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................52 Management of Human and Financial Resources ......................................................54 ACRONYMS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................58 This Report can be accessed online : www.inra.org.ma First Words NRA annual report reflects our commitment to make knowledge I dissemination and sharing one of our major concerns. Intended essentially for the development of our agriculture, for the prosperity of our rural communities, and for the conservation of our natural resources, INRA acts for the development of new technologies adapted to the reality of the rural world and responding to the expectations of our farmers, agribusiness as well as our partners. Accumulated research results and achivements must be valued within the new strategy of the agricultural advisory council. In our permanent quest for a competitive agriculture, we rely on the indestructible support of our national and international partners through the constitution of solid and united scientific and technical consortiums and the implementation of joint and coherent programs meeting the national priorities. Being completely involved in the implementation of the Green Morocco Plan, we aspire to allying to our cause all the governmental and non-governmental partners for the 4 INRA 2012 A Word from the Director success of a sustainable agricultural development aiming to overcome the actual ecological challenges. As it has been the case for the previous years, the year 2012 was characterized by great achievements that we have the pleasure to describe briefly in the following pages. They are the fruit of the ceaseless efforts of our staff, all categories concerned, guided by their instinct to excel and to serve ceaselessly farmers communities. With the new agricultural situation characterized mainly by climate changes, economic competitiveness and food security challenges, investment in research and research-development is justified today more than ever in terms of knowledge and technology production which are imperative for accompanying country’s sustainable development. Prof. Mohamed BADRAOUI INRA Director Activity Report 5 Major events 2012 on WEB-SIG application, on internet at New varieties selected www.fertimap.ma . in 2012 The ferti-advisory units, planned for agricultural extension regarding rational The official catalogue of Morocco was and well-balanced use of fertilizers, can enriched by new varieties and selections use this system to generalize crops nutrition covering cereals, food legumes, oleaginous requirements plants and fruit trees. The key varieties concerned those of: National program of agricultural land • Al Mahdia, Al Gharbaouia, Al Maamora, suitability maps Chamsia, Hana and Aya for citrus fruits; This program concerns determination of the • Tassaoute, Agdal, Dalia, Mechkate and optimal use of soil resources to modulate Luck for the olive tree; intervention policies according to the region • Sedrat (INRA 3003), Daraaouia (INRA on potentialities. The extent of elaborated maps 1445), Bourihane, Al Faida, Al Amal, and is of about 6,1 million Ha, of which 1,3 Mabrouk for the palm tree date palm; million Ha was published and 4,8 millions Ha in validation phase. • INRAAT8-U8, Marcona x Ai (119) and Ardechoise x Bartre (35) for almond tree; Climate change integration project for • Missouria for apricot tree. Green Moroccan Plan Implementation: This project aims at building capacities at institutional level and at farmers level within Green Moroccan Plan Pilar II for a better Development of adaptation to climate changes. decision-making tools The project, witch is financed by FEM for integrating climate change adaptation options For a better adaptation to climate change, and resilient technologies, concers two major INRA opted for a decision making cereal regions : Zaer and Chaouia. tools development project whose main achievements are the followings: Moroccan System CGMS_MA of cereal harvests forecasting: Cultivated soil fertility maps project: This pilot project concerns sustainable improvement of the agricultural productivity through i) reasoning of crops fertilization, ii) elaboration of an expert system SIG-WEB, iii) implementation of an information system on soil resources and their main characteristics and, iv) support for the agricultural advisory council on crops fertilization aspects. SIG-WEB expert system includes all the compiled soil fertility maps and are available 6 INRA 2012 Major Events 2012 INRA at the SIAM 2012 The 2012 main topic of the SIAM 7th Edition This system concerns cereal production was “Research & Innovation’’. forecast in Morocco with the publication of In fact, INRA participated with the consortium four (04) forecast bulletins. (IAV HII, ENAM, ENFI, CRP2 and DEFR) at Desertification monitoring and the «Technology sector» stand through the improvement of rangelands exhibition of the latest variety creations in management: fruit trees, namely citrus and olive tree as well as the new transformed products developed It concerns desertification control and by food technology researchers . improvement of pastoral species productivity. A map of the Moroccan dry rangelands was An important presence in the Region Pole, concieved for 3,5 millions Ha and with the through the exhibition of posters on INRA aim of a diversification of the rangelands achievements and innovations and the using plant material based on introduced display, in preview, of the atomizer prototype autochthonous species. «liquid and pesticide fertilizers» in the Innovation Pole, a machine intended for the small and average farmers characterized by its low energy consumption and protection of environment. In addition, INRA animated several conferences with an eminent audience during this edition, and the key conference remains, unquestionably, the one that relate to South- South cooperation entitled: «the Moroccan- Indian initiative for the development of food legumes» co-organized by INRA and the OCP foundation besides national and international partners namely IAV Hassan II, SWAMINATAN foundation, ICARDA and ICRISAT. Activity Report 7 INRA at the SID 2012 ICARDA-INRA: A fruitful collaboration The 51th Session of ICARDA (International Center of Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas) Board of Trustees meeting was held on October in Rabat Morocco. Hundred of decision makers on agricultural research met in order to review current and future possibilities of collaboration. This can be considered as a sign of the strategic importance of cooperation between Morocco and ICARDA, and the leading role which the national agricultural