The autumn showers have finally brought color back to the land in the Rabat region. After several weeks of waiting, the beneficial rains have allowed farmers to resume working the soil and approach the new agricultural season with caution but hope.
Taking advantage of a break in the weather on Tuesday, farmers around Sidi Allal Bahraoui, 30 km northeast of Rabat, brought out their plows or tractors to work the soil. Their task was to loosen the topsoil to aerate the soil, bury crop residues, and prepare the seedbed. Interviewed by Le360, a local farmer, Mohamed El Harti, thanked the heavens for the abundant rainfall in the region, noting that the volume of rain this early autumn is greater than at the same time last season. He expressed his hope for a successful season with very good harvests of cereals and other crops. Mohamed El Harti also indicated that he raises about a hundred sheep on his farm, all of which are registered and monitored by the agricultural services.
I registered to be able to benefit from state subsidies for livestock and crops, but I am still waiting to receive these subsidies, he said.
Nearby, another farmer, Driss, was busy tilling the soil with his tractor. He expressed his satisfaction with the recent rains, as the region needed this precipitation to ensure a good start to the new agricultural season.
As a reminder, the 2024-2025 cereal harvest in Morocco was estimated at 40 million quintals, which is 27% lower than the average.
With these first rains bringing the land back to life, the region's farmers now hope that the weather will continue to support an agricultural campaign on which, once again, the balance of an entire territory depends.
