Zone | Dominant agriculture & production system |
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Eastern high plateau | Sheep and goat nomadic system shifting to more settled. Barley. Dairy cattle in irrigated areas. |
Middle Atlas | Integrated crop and livestock (sheep, goats and some cattle) subsistence system. Summer transhumance of sheep flocks. |
Rif, high Atlas, small Atlas, southern Oasis | Settled, diversified (crop livestock combinations), relatively intensive and usually irrigated. Forage production and conservation. |
Coastal plains | Large-scale cereal cultivation associated with increasingly intensive sheep and cattle (dairy and beef) production. Irrigated perimeter and rainfed agriculture. Mix of subsistence and large farms. |
Saharan | Cropping limited to irrigated areas. Dominance of extensive livestock production (goats, sheep and camels). |