@article{fdi:010070582,
  title = {{S}quaring the circle : agricultural intensification vs. water conservation in {M}orocco},
  author = {{M}olle, {F}ran{\c{c}}ois and {T}anouti, {O}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{D}rip irrigation is widely promoted as a means of saving water. {I}n {M}orocco, where the current annual overdraft of aquifers is around 1 billion m3 drip has been promoted, with subsidies as high as 100%, as a means of both raising productivity and rural incomes and 'saving' over one billion of m3. {T}he paper shows that in the conditions of {M}orocco, drip tends to be associated with higher crop density, a shift to more water-intensive crops, and the reuse of 'saved water' to expand cultivated areas, resulting in higher water consumption. {T}he {G}reen {M}orocco {P}lan not only subsidizes conversion to drip but also the expansion of intensive farming, with an impact on water resources opposite to what is announced. {W}e evidence contradictions in official discourses and policies and show how current policies undermine the resilience of irrigated agriculture to extreme drought events. {P}lanning is carried out based on illusory local savings, disregards climate change projections, and runs against hydrologic realities that should be better accounted for through more elaborate water budgets.},
  keywords = {{IRRIGATION} ; {INTENSIFICATION} {DE} {L}'{AGRICULTURE} ; {RESSOURCES} {EN} {EAU} ; {GESTION} {DE} {L}'{ENVIRONNEMENT} ; {PRATIQUE} {CULTURALE} ; {POLITIQUE} {AGRICOLE} ; {GESTION} {DE} {L}'{EAU} ; {MAROC}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}gricultural {W}ater {M}anagement},
  volume = {170},
  numero = {},
  pages = {170--179},
  ISSN = {0378-3774},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.agwat.2017.07.009},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070582},
}