Beni Boufrah (appellation)
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| Beni Boufrah | |
|---|---|
| ActiveCannabis last recorded here in 2021 | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Rif Mountains |
| Growing Area | Beni Boufrah |
| Geography | |
| Country | Morocco |
| Province/State | Al Hoceima Province |
| Coordinates | 35.07, -4.31 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 155 km² |
| Terrain | Approximately the rural commune of Beni Boufrah, in the central Rif Mountains |
| Growing history | |
| Dated accessions | 2021 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Beni Boufrah is a cannabis appellation in the Beni Boufrah growing area, covering the rural commune of Beni Boufrah in Al Hoceima Province, in the central Rif Mountains of northern Morocco.
Geography
The appellation is the commune. It adjoins the Beni Gmil appellation.
Growing
In the 1980s cannabis growing spread out of the Senhaja country onto the lands of the Beni Boufrah, where until then it had covered only small areas.[1]: 136 In 2004 the national cannabis survey of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the development agency for the northern provinces measured yields on plots at Bni Boufrah.[2]: 56
Seed collections
The genebank of INRA Maroc holds seed of the local cannabis collected in the commune at Aounoute and Agni in September 2021.[3][4]
Accessions
| Accession ID | Name | Collected | Locality |
|---|---|---|---|
| INM-MAR-HOC-0920210051 | Bni boufrah 1 (Aounoute) General Population 2021 | Aounoute | |
| INM-MAR-HOC-0920210052 | Bni boufrah 2 (Agni) General Population 2021 | Agni |
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References
- ↑ Bellakhdar, Jamal (2013). "L'histoire du chanvre au Maghreb". Hespéris-Tamuda. XLVIII: 107–141. ISSN 0018-1005.
- ↑ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; Agence pour la Promotion et le Développement Economique et Social des Préfectures et Provinces du Nord du Royaume (May 2005). Maroc: Enquête sur le cannabis 2004 (PDF) (Report) (in français). UNODC.
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., accession MGB 72634, INRA Maroc". Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GLIS), FAO. DOI 10.18730/1thpn5. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., accession MGB 72635, INRA Maroc". Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GLIS), FAO. DOI 10.18730/1thpp6. Retrieved 15 October 2026.