Desire for Greener Land
Desire for Greener Land
Desire for Greener Land
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Human Environment<br />
Forests / woodlands per<br />
household (ha)<br />
10,000<br />
Implementation activities, inputs and costs<br />
Establishment activities<br />
1. Soil preparation, weeding<br />
2. Ploughing and digging planting pits<br />
3. Planting and watering<br />
4. Fencing<br />
5. Reduction of density, replacement of weak / dead<br />
plants<br />
Maintenance/recurrent activities<br />
1. Weeding and ploughing<br />
2. Watering (first two years)<br />
3. Guarding<br />
<strong>Land</strong> user: employee (company, government)<br />
Population density: 10-50 persons/km 2<br />
Annual population growth: < 0.5%<br />
<strong>Land</strong> ownership: state<br />
<strong>Land</strong> use rights: communal (organized) (In Morocco,<br />
<strong>for</strong>est belongs to the State but the population has the<br />
right to per<strong>for</strong>m pastoral activities, to gather wood, to<br />
collect aromatic and medicinal plants, acorns, etc.)<br />
Water use rights: open access (unorganized)<br />
Relative level of wealth: average 80% of land users;<br />
80% of the total land area is owned by average land<br />
users<br />
Establishment inputs and costs per ha<br />
Importance of off-farm income: less than<br />
10% of all income:<br />
Access to service and infrastructure: low:<br />
health, employment (e.g. off-farm), drinking<br />
water and sanitation; moderate: education,<br />
technical assistance, energy, roads &<br />
transport<br />
Market orientation: commercial / market<br />
(producing and selling cork and related<br />
products)<br />
Technical drawing<br />
Contour planting in strips where Cistus has<br />
been removed (in order to allow more light<br />
and avoid competition <strong>for</strong> moisture) (Chaker<br />
Miloud)<br />
Inputs Costs (US$) % met by land user<br />
Labour 435 0<br />
Agricultural<br />
- seeds<br />
- cultivation and weeding (2x)<br />
208<br />
125<br />
TOTAL 768 0<br />
Maintenance/recurrent inputs and costs per ha per year<br />
Inputs Costs (US$) % met by land user<br />
Labour 35 0<br />
Agricultural<br />
- ploughing, weeding, and<br />
watering<br />
125<br />
TOTAL 160 0<br />
Remarks:<br />
If planting coincides with a dry season, it takes watering on several occasions, which makes applying the technology more expensive -<br />
Stronger fences and more supervising are required if near to habitation. The local wage rate is 5 US$/day.<br />
SLM Technology: Assisted cork oak regeneration, Morocco DESIRE – WOCAT 2012<br />
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