When it comes to agricultural research, MASCIR walks on the two legs of sustainability and profitability. Our first concern is to reduce agriculture’s carbon footprint. Our second concern is the.
The LiDAR project, one of the Centre d’Optique et Photonique’s strategic projects, was designed and carried out under the direction of Professor Zouheir Sekkat. In terms of precision agriculture, the.
MASCIR’s strategy, like Morocco’s, is to exploit one of our strengths: 3,500 km of coastline. It’s obvious to us: the sea is an inexhaustible source of microalgae. Microalgae are photosynthetic.
____ SOILS, A COMPLEX LIVING ECOSYSTEM ___ Part 1 UN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO SOIL ANALYSIS Soil ecology is the study of the interactions among soil organisms, and between biotic.
____ SOILS, A COMPLEX LIVING ECOSYSTEM ___ Part 2 SOIL CONSERVATION The soil is a complex world where biotic elements interact with each other and with the abiotic elements.
Joann K. Whalen, Professor at McGill University and UM6P, proposes in this two-part report a resolutely scientific and ecological approach to the complex composition of soils. Respecting their delicate balances.
From Food Insecurity to Food Sovereignty After taking stock of African agriculture, Pierre Jacquemot draws inspiration from agroecology practices to argue that food sovereignty is the royal road to achieving.
Access to financing remains a major issue for farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. The lack of credit availability is considered a central obstacle, if not the most significant one, to the.
Across Africa, from Senegal to Djibouti, the world’s longest vegetative wall is being built: the Great Green Wall. It is 7,600 km long. More than just a reforestation program, the.
Throughout the 21st century, agricultural production growth in Africa will rely on significant productivity gains. Plant biotechnology, which speeds up the selection process to obtain plant varieties with desired traits more quickly, will be crucial in achieving this.
