Global Climate Pattern Impacts on Long-Term Olive Yields in Northwestern Africa: Case from Souss-Massa Region

• Published in: Sustainability
• Main Authors: Houria Abahous, Lhoussaine Bouchaou, Abdelghani Chehbouni
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: climate oscillation; olive yields; semi-arid; agriculture; wavelet coherence; Environmental effects of industries and plants; TD194-195; Renewable energy sources; TJ807-830; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Indian; Kendall; Pacific; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031340; https://doaj.org/article/c591be5195454ff6bbba27ef1a24cd5a

In arid to semi-arid regions, vulnerability to climate change combined with the overexploitation of water resources is jeopardizing food security. In the Souss-Massa region in central Morocco, the rural population relies on growing olives for a living. The management of these orchards is mostly trad...