Farmers’ Variety Naming and Crop Varietal Diversity of Two Cereals and Three Legume Species in the Moroccan High Atlas, Using DATAR

Local agrobiodiversity in remote areas such as the Moroccan High Atlas is poorly studied, despite being of great importance for sustainability and resilience mountainous populations. This includes important species wheat (Triticum spp.), barley (Hordeum vulgare), fava beans (Vicia faba), peas (Pisum sativum), alfalfa (Medicago sativa). study aimed to better understand varietal naming by farmers traits they use assessing current diversity five species, 22 locations, distributed across three hubs Atlas. The data were provided 282 Amazigh informants during focus-group discussions, household surveys, market with support Diversity Assessment Tool Agrobiodiversity Resilience (DATAR). local terminology variety names systematically collected morphological, ecological, descriptors appears be a valuable way assess intraspecific diversity, further comparisons genomic results are recommended. Furthermore, also indicate low at level, which contrasts greater community level. Larger still planted landraces compared modern varieties, although levels richness (number) both varieties equivalent overall. Many factors influence this diversity: biophysical characteristics sites, socio-economic management practices farmers, availability or landraces. Although selection processes have reduced available economically crops, we found that rely greatly on landraces, present variability allow them adapt conditions.