Drought in the Maghreb and Türkiye February 2023
GDO Analytical Report
- A severe lack of precipitation affects both the Maghreb and Türkiye with impacts on soil moisture and rivers flow.
- In mid-December 2022 a prolonged warm-spell affected the Maghreb and partially Türkiye. As of February 2023, winter has been warm and dry over most of the Mediterranean.
- In the Maghreb, drought conditions caused delays to the sowing of cereals, a reduction in the sown area (in Morocco) and below to well-below average biomass accumulation in most of wheat and barley cultivated areas.
- The compound effects of the catastrophic earthquakes of February 2023 in Türkiye and Syria and of the drought may exacerbate impacts on water availability for human, agricultural and energy use. Monitoring the evolution of the drought is important to estimate the potential impacts and support risk reduction strategies.
TORETI Andrea;
BAVERA Davide;
ACOSTA NAVARRO Juan;
ARIAS-MUÑOZ Carolina;
DE JAGER Alfred;
DI CIOLLO Chiara;
FIORAVANTI Guido;
GRIMALDI Stefania;
HRAST ESSENFELDER Arthur;
MAETENS Willem;
MAGNI Diego;
MANFRON Giacinto;
MASANTE Dario;
MAZZESCHI Marco;
SALAMON Peter;
SEGUINI Lorenzo;
2023-03-13
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC132915
978-92-68-00405-0 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 31445 EN,
OP KJ-NA-31-445-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC132915,
10.2760/24467 (online),
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