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Institute for Research and Technology (VITO 8 ), the Research Centre of the European Union<br />

(EU-JRC 9 ), the Research Institute of the University of Wageningen (ALTERRA 10 ) and the<br />

University of Milan (UNIMI 11 ). CGMS-MAROC is the first operational system for the crop<br />

monitoring and the agro-meteorological yield forecasting of cereal crops in Morocco, as well<br />

as the first of these systems to be institutionalized through a strategic partnership to enable<br />

its development and sustainability.<br />

Similarly to the B-CGMS in Belgium, the concept behind the CGMS-MAROC is to provide an<br />

adapted and improved version of the CGMS 12 implemented by the MARS Unit of the Joint<br />

Research Center (JRC-MARS 13 ). As mentioned in Annex B1 relating to the Belgium case<br />

study, in 1992, the JRC developed a crop yield forecasting system, which it maintains to this<br />

day and which provides timely forecasts for crop production – including biofuel crops – for<br />

Europe and other strategic areas (EU Member States, the Maghreb region, the European<br />

part of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus). The MCYFS 14 monitors crop vegetation growth (for<br />

cereals, oil seed crops, protein crops, sugar beet, potatoes, pastures, rice), including the<br />

short-term effects of meteorological events upon crop production. The MCYFS also provides<br />

seasonal yield forecasts for key European crops (wheat, maize, etc.).<br />

FIGURE 3.1<br />

The CGMS-MAROC’s institutional structure<br />

Source: Balaghi et al. 2013<br />

The CGSM-MAROC is coordinated by the INRA through a formal consortium with the DSS, the DMN<br />

and the IAV, each institution having its own functions and responsibilities. This partnership ensures<br />

the system’s efficiency and sustainability.<br />

8<br />

VITO: https://vito.be/en<br />

9<br />

EU-JRC: https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/<br />

10<br />

ALTERRA: http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Research-Institutes/Alterra.htm<br />

11<br />

UNIMI: http://www.unimi.it/<br />

12<br />

The <strong>Crop</strong> Growth Monitoring System (CGMS) is the core of the MARS <strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Yield</strong> Forecast System (MCYFS) currently<br />

used in forecasting activities in Europe by AGRI4CAST action. http://mars.jrc.ec.europa.eu/mars/About-us/AGRI4CAST/<br />

Models-Software-Tools/<strong>Crop</strong>-Growth-Monitoring-System-CGMS<br />

13<br />

JRC-MARS: http://mars.jrc.ec.europa.eu/mars/About-us/The-MARS-Unit<br />

14<br />

MCYFS; http://marswiki.jrc.ec.europa.eu/agri4castwiki/index.php/Main_Page<br />

84<br />

<strong>Crop</strong> <strong>Yield</strong> <strong>Forecasting</strong>: Methodological and Institutional Aspects

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