Abstract:
The zone Metlili is characterized by a diversity of the cultures of which the
phoeniciculture which constitutes the basis of the agriculture in this desert region. The
phoeniciculture depends on cultural care by meeting the requirements of the palm tree for
insure earnings of production in quantity and quality. Unfortunately, these applications are
not correctly realized at the level of certain exploitations, sometimes in a majority of
exploitations for diverse reasons (lack of hand of qualified work, technical advice, financial
means…). So there are differences of application of the technical route between the old and
the new exploitations. For date palms in the region of the efforts improve the cultural
conduct of palm trees must be made by the part.