Sustainable development is regarded today as a goal which has to be reached by all countries. The... more Sustainable development is regarded today as a goal which has to be reached by all countries. Therefore cooperation for development is more than ever necessary to face the global challenges such as poverty, human health, food crisis etc. This work aims to study the regional disparity that may exist between provinces in the south of tunisia. To this end, a data analysis applied to a set of regional development indicators using the principal components analysis method (ACP) was conducted.
This paper presents the way that multiple analytical and empirical methods are used to calculate ... more This paper presents the way that multiple analytical and empirical methods are used to calculate a composite indicator for an ex-ante impacts assessment of climate change on sustainable development in the context of arid zones in Tunisia. To quantify the composite indicator, a static Computable General Equilibrium model (CGE) was adapted to the regional context. The Regional Social Matrix building (RSAM) building procedure was based on a set of techniques and approaches of regionalization. The national supply and use matrix has served as a starting point. A bottom-up approach has been used to build a regional supply and use matrix for the agricultural sector that take into account natural resources (land and water) as intermediate inputs. The regional SAM includes ten (10) production factors, eighteen (18) production sectors producing twenty two (22) goods and services, two (2) households, one representative enterprise, two (2) public sectors (Government and regional administration)...
New medit: Mediterranean journal of economics, agriculture and environment, 2011
EnglishSustainable development strategies are regarded today as a tool to improve the living cond... more EnglishSustainable development strategies are regarded today as a tool to improve the living conditions and alleviate poverty of population, above all in rural areas. The aim of this work is to focus on the current state of sustainable development in Tunisia with a view to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). To this end we shall analyze preliminarily some spatial data applied to a set of development indicators by means of the principal components analysis method (PCA) to highlight regional disparities at the governorate level and above all disparities between Tunisian coastal and inland regions. francaisA l�heure actuelle, les strategies de developpement durable apparaissent comme un moyen utile pour ameliorer les conditions de vie des populations et lutter contre la pauvrete, surtout en milieu rural. Dans le present travail, nous allons parcourir la situation du developpement durable en Tunisie a la lumiere des acquis enregistres dans le pays et ce, en vue de la real...
For integrated assessment at farm level, the Farm System SIMulator model (FSSIM) was used. FSSIM ... more For integrated assessment at farm level, the Farm System SIMulator model (FSSIM) was used. FSSIM is a bio-economic model developed for the European context, and was adapted and tested for Tunisian conditions to assess, ex-ante, impacts of water pricing policies at the farm level to the year 2015. The results show that all farm types are strongly dependent on the water pricing policy. Farmers that have private irrigation systems and pay for pumping mainly, are more sensitive to the progressive increase of irrigation water costs compared to farms that obtain water from public irrigation systems, who pay for the amount of water received. A sensitivity analysis showed that increasing the water price with more than 17% is not advisable to local decision makers, because the net income continued to decline, while the water consumption remained stable with further increases. Hence, there is no further gain in terms of water saving. Overall, intensive agricultural systems with private irriga...
Emerging Challenges to Food Production and Security in Asia, Middle East, and Africa, 2021
Tunisia is a small North-African country with a dry Mediterranean climate. It is among the poores... more Tunisia is a small North-African country with a dry Mediterranean climate. It is among the poorest countries in terms of water availability (450 m3/capita/year). With 516,000 farms, the agricultural sector occupies 65% of the country’s land, contributes with 12.6% to the GDP, and employs 15% of the labor force. The agricultural production represents 9% of the total export earnings. Besides cereals (wheat and barley), Tunisian farmers grow olives, dates, and fresh fruits for both export and domestic consumption. Meat and vegetables are also important consumption commodities. The main agricultural exports are olive oil, dates and citrus. The EU is the principal trading partner for Tunisia. Agricultural products, mainly cereals, represent 8% of total imports and agricultural trade balance is negative (about 40% deficit). Most of climate change projection models foresee a significant decrease (10–35%) in rainfall and an increase (1.9–2.9 °C) in temperature during this century. It is exp...
CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food-secure fut... more CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food-secure future. The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock provides research-based solutions to help smallholder farmers, pastoralists and agropastoralists transition to sustainable, resilient livelihoods and to productive enterprises that will help feed future generations. It aims to increase the productivity and profitability of livestock agri-food systems in sustainable ways, making meat, milk and eggs more available and affordable across the developing world. The Program brings together five core partners: the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) with a mandate on livestock; the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), which works on forages; the International Center for Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), which works on small ruminants and dryland systems; the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) with expertise particularly in animal health and genetics and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) which connects research into development and innovation and scaling processes. The authors acknowledge the valuable collaboration and support from the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Institut des Régions Arides (IRA), and all local and regional partners in the Tataouine Governorate, mainly the Regional Administration for Agriculture Development, the Management Unit of the IFAD project "Agro-pastoral development and promotion of local initiatives for the southeast (PRODESUD)", the Livestock and Grazing Office of Tataouine, and the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fishing, in addition to other rangeland farmer associations and Land Management Councils that were involved and facilitated part of this study.
The Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA) assumes that all capitals are complementary and that mo... more The Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA) assumes that all capitals are complementary and that more capital assets would lead to greater adaptive capacity. However, the SLA neglects the interactions and transformations between different livelihood capitals. This paper suggests a methodological approach to understand how different capitals may be structured, transformed, and used to improve the farm households’ adaptive capacity to climatic stresses. Data for this study were gathered by means of a questionnaire survey during 2018 from 100 farm households representing the main farming systems of Medenine governorate, Southeast of Tunisia. The analyses were carried out using three tools following a stepwise approach. First, to understand the interactions that exist between the different capitals, a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was carried out. Then, the adaptive capacity was calculated using the PCA results. Finally, using the Pearson's correlation index, the impact of liveli...
Résumé Le village de Chenini dispose d’un potentiel patrimonial d’une richesse exceptionnelle. Au... more Résumé Le village de Chenini dispose d’un potentiel patrimonial d’une richesse exceptionnelle. Aujourd’hui, plusieurs menaces inquiétantes ont été identifiées dans le village risquent d’endommager la valeur culturelle et le développement local durable. Le présent travail a pour objectif de mettre en exergue l’importance du patrimoine local existant et d'analyser l’implication des acteurs dans le processus de sa conservation et de sa valorisation. L’approche méthodologique repose sur l’analyse de jeux d’acteurs et la performance du tissu institutionnel local. La méthode d'analyse repose sur l’application de la méthode MACTOR (Méthode Acteurs, Objectifs, Rapports de force). Les analyses ont permis de mettre en évidence les convergences et les divergences des acteurs vis-à-vis des objectifs associés à la conservation et la valorisation du patrimoine dans le village de Chenini. Mots-clés : Patrimoine, conservation, valorisation, menaces, jeux d’acteurs.
Sustainable development is regarded today as a goal which has to be reached by all countries. The... more Sustainable development is regarded today as a goal which has to be reached by all countries. Therefore cooperation for development is more than ever necessary to face the global challenges such as poverty, human health, food crisis etc. This work aims to study the regional disparity that may exist between provinces in the south of tunisia. To this end, a data analysis applied to a set of regional development indicators using the principal components analysis method (ACP) was conducted.
This paper presents the way that multiple analytical and empirical methods are used to calculate ... more This paper presents the way that multiple analytical and empirical methods are used to calculate a composite indicator for an ex-ante impacts assessment of climate change on sustainable development in the context of arid zones in Tunisia. To quantify the composite indicator, a static Computable General Equilibrium model (CGE) was adapted to the regional context. The Regional Social Matrix building (RSAM) building procedure was based on a set of techniques and approaches of regionalization. The national supply and use matrix has served as a starting point. A bottom-up approach has been used to build a regional supply and use matrix for the agricultural sector that take into account natural resources (land and water) as intermediate inputs. The regional SAM includes ten (10) production factors, eighteen (18) production sectors producing twenty two (22) goods and services, two (2) households, one representative enterprise, two (2) public sectors (Government and regional administration)...
New medit: Mediterranean journal of economics, agriculture and environment, 2011
EnglishSustainable development strategies are regarded today as a tool to improve the living cond... more EnglishSustainable development strategies are regarded today as a tool to improve the living conditions and alleviate poverty of population, above all in rural areas. The aim of this work is to focus on the current state of sustainable development in Tunisia with a view to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). To this end we shall analyze preliminarily some spatial data applied to a set of development indicators by means of the principal components analysis method (PCA) to highlight regional disparities at the governorate level and above all disparities between Tunisian coastal and inland regions. francaisA l�heure actuelle, les strategies de developpement durable apparaissent comme un moyen utile pour ameliorer les conditions de vie des populations et lutter contre la pauvrete, surtout en milieu rural. Dans le present travail, nous allons parcourir la situation du developpement durable en Tunisie a la lumiere des acquis enregistres dans le pays et ce, en vue de la real...
For integrated assessment at farm level, the Farm System SIMulator model (FSSIM) was used. FSSIM ... more For integrated assessment at farm level, the Farm System SIMulator model (FSSIM) was used. FSSIM is a bio-economic model developed for the European context, and was adapted and tested for Tunisian conditions to assess, ex-ante, impacts of water pricing policies at the farm level to the year 2015. The results show that all farm types are strongly dependent on the water pricing policy. Farmers that have private irrigation systems and pay for pumping mainly, are more sensitive to the progressive increase of irrigation water costs compared to farms that obtain water from public irrigation systems, who pay for the amount of water received. A sensitivity analysis showed that increasing the water price with more than 17% is not advisable to local decision makers, because the net income continued to decline, while the water consumption remained stable with further increases. Hence, there is no further gain in terms of water saving. Overall, intensive agricultural systems with private irriga...
Emerging Challenges to Food Production and Security in Asia, Middle East, and Africa, 2021
Tunisia is a small North-African country with a dry Mediterranean climate. It is among the poores... more Tunisia is a small North-African country with a dry Mediterranean climate. It is among the poorest countries in terms of water availability (450 m3/capita/year). With 516,000 farms, the agricultural sector occupies 65% of the country’s land, contributes with 12.6% to the GDP, and employs 15% of the labor force. The agricultural production represents 9% of the total export earnings. Besides cereals (wheat and barley), Tunisian farmers grow olives, dates, and fresh fruits for both export and domestic consumption. Meat and vegetables are also important consumption commodities. The main agricultural exports are olive oil, dates and citrus. The EU is the principal trading partner for Tunisia. Agricultural products, mainly cereals, represent 8% of total imports and agricultural trade balance is negative (about 40% deficit). Most of climate change projection models foresee a significant decrease (10–35%) in rainfall and an increase (1.9–2.9 °C) in temperature during this century. It is exp...
CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food-secure fut... more CGIAR is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food-secure future. The CGIAR Research Program on Livestock provides research-based solutions to help smallholder farmers, pastoralists and agropastoralists transition to sustainable, resilient livelihoods and to productive enterprises that will help feed future generations. It aims to increase the productivity and profitability of livestock agri-food systems in sustainable ways, making meat, milk and eggs more available and affordable across the developing world. The Program brings together five core partners: the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) with a mandate on livestock; the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), which works on forages; the International Center for Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), which works on small ruminants and dryland systems; the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) with expertise particularly in animal health and genetics and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) which connects research into development and innovation and scaling processes. The authors acknowledge the valuable collaboration and support from the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Institut des Régions Arides (IRA), and all local and regional partners in the Tataouine Governorate, mainly the Regional Administration for Agriculture Development, the Management Unit of the IFAD project "Agro-pastoral development and promotion of local initiatives for the southeast (PRODESUD)", the Livestock and Grazing Office of Tataouine, and the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fishing, in addition to other rangeland farmer associations and Land Management Councils that were involved and facilitated part of this study.
The Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA) assumes that all capitals are complementary and that mo... more The Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA) assumes that all capitals are complementary and that more capital assets would lead to greater adaptive capacity. However, the SLA neglects the interactions and transformations between different livelihood capitals. This paper suggests a methodological approach to understand how different capitals may be structured, transformed, and used to improve the farm households’ adaptive capacity to climatic stresses. Data for this study were gathered by means of a questionnaire survey during 2018 from 100 farm households representing the main farming systems of Medenine governorate, Southeast of Tunisia. The analyses were carried out using three tools following a stepwise approach. First, to understand the interactions that exist between the different capitals, a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was carried out. Then, the adaptive capacity was calculated using the PCA results. Finally, using the Pearson's correlation index, the impact of liveli...
Résumé Le village de Chenini dispose d’un potentiel patrimonial d’une richesse exceptionnelle. Au... more Résumé Le village de Chenini dispose d’un potentiel patrimonial d’une richesse exceptionnelle. Aujourd’hui, plusieurs menaces inquiétantes ont été identifiées dans le village risquent d’endommager la valeur culturelle et le développement local durable. Le présent travail a pour objectif de mettre en exergue l’importance du patrimoine local existant et d'analyser l’implication des acteurs dans le processus de sa conservation et de sa valorisation. L’approche méthodologique repose sur l’analyse de jeux d’acteurs et la performance du tissu institutionnel local. La méthode d'analyse repose sur l’application de la méthode MACTOR (Méthode Acteurs, Objectifs, Rapports de force). Les analyses ont permis de mettre en évidence les convergences et les divergences des acteurs vis-à-vis des objectifs associés à la conservation et la valorisation du patrimoine dans le village de Chenini. Mots-clés : Patrimoine, conservation, valorisation, menaces, jeux d’acteurs.
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