The olive tree demonstration platforms (PFD) recorded, during the 2020/2021 campaign, an increase in yield per hectare of more than 30% compared to the yields achieved by farmers at the level of the control plots, indicates the group. OCP.
The average yield recorded at the level of the PFDs was more than 6.1 T / ha, while the control plots recorded an average yield of more than 4.7 T / ha, specifies the OCP which has just unveiled the results. provisional PFD – Olivier / 2020-2021 campaign of the Al Moutmir initiative.
The improved technical management as well as the use of new technologies, in particular specialty products, have contributed in a remarkable way to the improvement of the weight and the size of the fruit up to 11% compared to the control plots, reports the same. source.
Regarding the oil rate, the demonstration platforms recorded an improvement of more than 18% compared to the control plots, notes the OCP. From a profit margin point of view, the integrated production program adopted in the PFDs resulted in an improvement of around 40%, adds the group.
The PFDs are distributed over the different agricultural provinces (27 provinces) in Morocco. In addition, these olive tree platforms have affected all the varieties, types of management (bour, gravity irrigation and localized irrigation) and operating mode (extensive and intensive) existing in the various production basins at the national level. .
Thanks to the presence of a team made up of young agricultural engineers and experts, a scientific and agronomic approach will be adopted for the development of ICP (Integrated Crop Program) / crop, while taking into account the agro-climatic specificities of each site. production.
In the same vein, the team of agronomists took care of the scientific monitoring on a regular basis in order to be able to succeed in these platforms and also to assess the agronomic performance of each component of the yield.
The olive tree PFD program ensures the rationalization of the use of NPK nutrients by using specific tailor-made formulas based on the results of soil analyzes and produced by smart blenders.
This technology aims to produce tailor-made NPK formulas for each agricultural plot, according to the plant’s macro and micro nutrient needs, based on soil analyzes and potential yield.
This solution thus makes it possible to provide a balanced diet adapted to the crop and the plant. The deployment of smart blender production units in partnership with fertilizer manufacturing partners and national aggregators has now enabled the production of tailor-made NPK Blend fertilizers at local units based as close as possible to farmers.
More than 47 points of sale are now operational in different regions of the Kingdom. The demonstration platforms program is supported by best in class partners who work alongside agricultural engineers Al Moutmir.
The PFDs were an extremely important opportunity to share scientific and technical information with neighboring farmers and also provide training through a hundred schools in the fields organized by the Al Moutmir teams during the different stages of production.
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