Issaguen (appellation)
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| Issaguen | |
|---|---|
| ActiveCannabis last recorded here in 2023 | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Rif Mountains |
| Growing Area | Ketama |
| Geography | |
| Country | Morocco |
| Province/State | Al Hoceima Province |
| Coordinates | 34.91, -4.56 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 135 km² |
| Terrain | Approximately the rural commune of Issaguen, in the central Rif Mountains |
| Growing history | |
| Dated accessions | 2021–2023 |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Issaguen is a cannabis appellation in the Ketama growing area, covering the rural commune of Issaguen in Al Hoceima Province, in the central Rif Mountains of northern Morocco.
Geography
The appellation is the commune. It adjoins the Abdelghaya Souahel, Beni Bounsar, Ketama and Moulay Ahmed Cherif appellations.
History
After independence the new government tolerated cannabis growing inside a delimited perimeter round the douar of Azila, at the foot of Jbel Tidighine in Senhaja Srair country, and undertook to buy the whole crop from the growers and burn it. The promise was not kept beyond 1958.[1]: 134 Azila and Talarouak, both douars of the Aït Seddat tribe, are two of the five douars that the ethnobotanist Jamal Bellakhdar has proposed, with caution, as those in which Sultan Hassan I is said to have allowed cannabis growing. Pierre-Arnaud Chouvy writes that there seems to be no historical written source naming the five douars.[2]
Growing since 2000
In 1971–1982 Issaguen was the only commune of the 2004 survey whose population was already growing at three times the national rural rate, which, the survey's authors wrote, could only be explained by a very profitable source of income such as cannabis.[3]: 38 The same survey measured yields on plots at Issaguen.[3]: 56 A development scheme gave households of Azila a goat, a ewe or a cockerel as a source of income to replace kif; the geographer M'hamed Boudouah wrote that the people never understood what the gifts were for.[4]: 11 In 2015 Finances News Hebdo called Issaguen the new name of Ketama and, with Bab Berred, a place where farmers from Larache went to work for experienced kif growers.[5]
Seed collections
Accessions
| Accession ID | Name | Collected | Locality |
|---|---|---|---|
| INM-MAR-HOC-0520230001 | Issaguen 63 (Issaguen) General Population 2023 | Issaguen | |
| INM-MAR-HOC-0520230002 | Issaguen 64 (Ben El Meki) General Population 2023 | Ben El Meki | |
| INM-MAR-HOC-0520230003 | Issaguen 65 (Dahbia) General Population 2023 | Dahbia | |
| INM-MAR-HOC-0520230004 | Issaguen 66 (Arabi) General Population 2023 | Arabi | |
| INM-MAR-HOC-0520230005 | Issaguen 67 (Irmad) General Population 2023 | Irmad | |
| INM-MAR-HOC-0520230006 | Issaguen 68 (Assekssaf) General Population 2023 | Assekssaf | |
| INM-MAR-HOC-0520230007 | Issaguen 69 (Temouth) General Population 2023 | Temouth | |
| INM-MAR-HOC-0520230008 | Issaguen 70 (Azila) General Population 2023 | Azila | |
| INM-MAR-HOC-0920210012 | Issaguen 2 (Talarouaq) General Population 2021 | Talarouaq |
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References
- ↑ Bellakhdar, Jamal (2013). "L'histoire du chanvre au Maghreb". Hespéris-Tamuda. XLVIII: 107–141. ISSN 0018-1005.
- ↑ Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud (2022). "Moroccan hashish as an example of a cannabis terroir product". GeoJournal. 88 (4): 3833–3850. doi:10.1007/s10708-022-10791-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ Boudouah, M'hamed (2017). "Evolution de l'économie du Rif Central (Senhaja Sraîr) et problématique d'alternatives". Revue Tidighin des Recherches Amazighes et Développement (6). ISSN 2028-9782.
- ↑ "Enquête Cannabis : Pour Ghafsaï, Tazrout et Issaguen, le kif n'a pas la même « saveur »". Finances News Hebdo (in français). 14 May 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2026.
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., accession MGB 72594, INRA Maroc". Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GLIS), FAO. DOI 10.18730/1thnd2. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., accession MGB 75941, INRA Maroc". Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GLIS), FAO. DOI 10.18730/1tt6g9. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., accession MGB 75942, INRA Maroc". Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GLIS), FAO. DOI 10.18730/1tt6ha. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., accession MGB 75943, INRA Maroc". Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GLIS), FAO. DOI 10.18730/1tt6jb. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., accession MGB 75944, INRA Maroc". Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GLIS), FAO. DOI 10.18730/1tt6kc. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., accession MGB 75945, INRA Maroc". Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GLIS), FAO. DOI 10.18730/1tt6md. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., accession MGB 75946, INRA Maroc". Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GLIS), FAO. DOI 10.18730/1tt6ne. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., accession MGB 75947, INRA Maroc". Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GLIS), FAO. DOI 10.18730/1tt6pf. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., accession MGB 75948, INRA Maroc". Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (GLIS), FAO. DOI 10.18730/1tt6qg. Retrieved 15 October 2026.