Table 4.
Varieties cited in each region
| Variety | Number of citations | Status | Translation | Percentage of farmers a | Percentage of cultivated area b | Geographical distribution c | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pre-Rif |
Elhjaoui |
1 |
traditional |
- |
0.6 |
0.2 |
ZN1 |
| |
Guemh |
11 |
traditional |
Durum wheat |
6.7 |
2.3 |
ZN3 |
| |
Guemh beldi |
22 |
traditional |
Local durum wheat |
13.5 |
9.4 |
ZN1,ZN2,ZN3 |
| |
Guemh khel |
1 |
traditional |
Black durum wheat |
0.6 |
0.1 |
ZN3 |
| |
Guemh Lehmar |
35 |
traditional |
Red durum wheat |
21.5 |
18.4 |
ZN1, ZN2 |
| |
Karim |
61 |
modern |
- |
37.4 |
27.7 |
ZN1,ZN2,ZN3 |
| |
Krifla beda |
13 |
traditional |
White Krifla d |
8.0 |
5.4 |
ZN4 |
| |
Krifla kehla |
35 |
traditional |
Black Krifla d |
21.5 |
11.0 |
ZN3,ZN4 |
| |
Lekhel |
5 |
traditional |
The black |
3.1 |
1.9 |
ZN1, ZN3 |
| |
Massa |
3 |
modern |
- |
1.8 |
1.2 |
ZN3 |
| |
Marzak |
9 |
modern |
- |
5.5 |
5.2 |
ZN3 |
| |
Mezrouba |
17 |
traditional |
Early |
10.4 |
4.5 |
ZN3 |
| |
Ourgh |
1 |
modern |
- |
0.6 |
1.5 |
ZN3 |
| |
Pedro |
1 |
modern |
- |
0.6 |
0.6 |
ZN3 |
| |
Technique |
2 |
traditional |
- |
1.2 |
0.3 |
ZN1, ZN2 |
| |
Twinssia |
2 |
traditional |
Comes from Tunisia |
1.2 |
1.1 |
ZN3 |
| |
Zeriâa |
30 |
traditional |
Seeds |
18.4 |
8.7 |
ZN1, ZN3 |
| |
Zeriâa twila |
1 |
traditional |
long seeds |
0.6 |
0.2 |
ZN2 |
| |
Zeriâi Lkhel |
1 |
traditional |
Seeds of the black |
0.6 |
0.1 |
ZN1 |
|
Atlas Mountains |
Aberyoun |
15 |
traditional |
Black awn |
14.9 |
3.9 |
ZS2, ZS3 |
| |
Chgira lbida |
4 |
traditional |
Small white tree |
4.0 |
2.9 |
ZS1 |
| |
Cocorit |
7 |
modern |
- |
6.9 |
0.9 |
ZS1, ZS2, ZS5 |
| |
Ifermourgh |
31 |
traditional |
Wing of the grasshopper (six rows) |
30.7 |
59.4 |
ZS2, ZS3, ZS6 |
| |
Ilks |
2 |
traditional |
Thin spike (four rows) |
2.0 |
0.3 |
ZS3 |
| |
Irden taghezaft |
6 |
traditional |
Long durum wheat |
5.9 |
1.6 |
ZS3, ZS4, ZS5 |
| |
Isli |
1 |
modern |
- |
1.0 |
0.2 |
ZS5 |
| |
Karim |
3 |
modern |
- |
3.0 |
0.5 |
ZS2, ZS5 |
| |
Lbida touila |
6 |
traditional |
Long white |
5.9 |
1.9 |
ZS1 |
| |
Tabekhoucht |
3 |
traditional |
The black |
3.0 |
0.7 |
ZS2, ZS4 |
| |
Taberyount |
6 |
traditional |
Black awn |
5.9 |
2.6 |
ZS2, ZS3, ZS5 |
| |
Tamellalt |
10 |
traditional |
The white |
9.9 |
2.1 |
ZS1, ZS2, ZS5 |
| |
Toumlilt |
27 |
traditional |
White awn |
26.7 |
22.7 |
ZS1, ZS2, ZS4, ZS6 |
| Zerbana | 1 | traditional | Early | 1.0 | 0.2 | ZS4 |
Variety names in italics: The varieties that together covered 75% of the durum wheat area in each region.
‘-’: no translation was found.
a Percentage of the interviewed farmers having cited the variety. Since farmers could grow more than one variety, the sum of each column is above 100%. b Percentage of the total durum wheat area surveyed (i.e. sum of the durum wheat areas over the farmers) where the variety was grown. The values of the column sum to 100%. c zones where the variety has been cited. In bold when the variety has been cited at least twice in a given zone. d The meaning of Krifla has not been elucidated. It can refer either to a family name or to a region close to Rabat.