75% of local grain varieties in Morocco have disappeared

The issue of agricultural biodiversity has returned to the forefront after worrying data revealed the disappearance of about 75 percent of local grain varieties in Morocco in recent decades, which raises concerns about the future of food security and the preservation of the national agricultural heritage in light of accelerating climate change, and raises the question of the effectiveness of agricultural policies directed at protecting agricultural diversity, and the extent of their success in preserving […]