Research:2026-05-04/Journal article/dynamique-agricole-en-montagneuses-r-le-de-la-culture-du-cannabis-dans-la-reconfiguration-de-loccupation-des-t

Research record4 May 2026Journal article

Dynamique agricole en montagneuses : Rôle de la culture du cannabis dans la reconfiguration de l'occupation des terres à Bab-Berred 2005-2025 (analyse spatio-quantitative)

Zakaria Amazirh, Nadia Touhami, Mohamed El Ammari

Territoires, Environnement et Développement · 2026

Uses remote sensing and GIS (Landsat and SRTM data) with a supervised classification to measure land-cover change in the commune of Bab Berred in the central Rif between 2005 and 2025, with a kappa of about 0.72. The authors describe the agricultural land as marked by the predominance of cannabis cultivation and find that it rose from 40% to 52% of the commune while natural formations fell from 54% to 38%. Expansion was stable until 2015 and accelerated between 2015 and 2025 (+36%), concentrated between 600 and 900 m and on moderate slopes of 15 to 30%. The authors link the change to growing dependence on a monoculture and to deforestation and erosion pressures.

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Published4 May 2026

TypeJournal article

VenueTerritoires, Environnement et Développement

Year2026

DOI10.34874/imist.prsm/ted-v5i1.63530

CountryMorocco

Growing regionRif Mountains

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2026-05-04 2026-10-15 Dynamique agricole en montagneuses : Rôle de la culture du cannabis dans la reconfiguration de l'occupation des terres à Bab-Berred 2005-2025 (analyse spatio-quantitative) Journal article Geography Zakaria Amazirh, Nadia Touhami, Mohamed El Ammari Territoires, Environnement et Développement 2026 10.34874/imist.prsm/ted-v5i1.63530 https://doi.org/10.34874/imist.prsm/ted-v5i1.63530 Uses remote sensing and GIS (Landsat and SRTM data) with a supervised classification to measure land-cover change in the commune of Bab Berred in the central Rif between 2005 and 2025, with a kappa of about 0.72. The authors describe the agricultural land as marked by the predominance of cannabis cultivation and find that it rose from 40% to 52% of the commune while natural formations fell from 54% to 38%. Expansion was stable until 2015 and accelerated between 2015 and 2025 (+36%), concentrated between 600 and 900 m and on moderate slopes of 15 to 30%. The authors link the change to growing dependence on a monoculture and to deforestation and erosion pressures. Morocco Rif Mountains