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A new pastoral code for Tunisia: Reversing degradation across the country’s critical rangelands
In response to the severe economic, social, and environmental costs of degradation across Tunisia’s rangelands, the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) has worked with the General ...
Cactus Crop (Opuntia Ficus-Indica) to Rehabilitate Rangelands in Semi-Arid Regions of Tunisia
The area of rangelands in Tunisia is estimated at 4.5 million hectares, or 27.4% of the total area of the country. Currently rangelands contribute 10 to 25% of livestock feed requirements, compared to 65% in the sixties, ...
Effect of protection on plant community dynamics in the Mediterranean arid zone of southern Tunisia: a case study from Bou Hedma national park
Ecosystems protected from heavy grazing impacts, such as national parks and refuges, are generally considered to sustain higher plant species diversity and better ecosystem composition and structure compared to heavily ...
Functionally context socio-ecological type (fCSET) approach to support outscaling of agricultural innovation options
This is a presentation on the functionally context socio-ecological type (fCSET) approach to support out-scaling of agricultural innovation options, and empirical analysis across three Maghreb countries (Tunisia, Algeria ...
technical report - “Research on the effective scaling of soil and water conservation technologies under different agroecosystems in North and Central West Tunisia” (SWC@Scale)
The objective of this project agreement is to inform the development ProSol project (led by DGACTA – Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries) on the best scaling pathways for enhanced Soil and ...
Rangeland Biodiversity and Climate Variability
Rangeland biodiversity related closely with climate variability. Rainfall plays an important role in arid
rangeland restoration. Under favorable conditions, one-year grazing exclusion considerably enhanced
species richness ...
La Semaine des Forêts Tunisiennes program
Agenda of the LA SEMAINE DES FORÊTS TUNISIENNES (9-14 Nonmember 2020) Tunis
Revival of traditional best practices for rangeland restoration under climate change in the dry areas: A case study from Southern Tunisia
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the benefits of reintroducing traditional grazing systems practices for improving arid rangelands. Grazing is the most extensive land use in southern Tunisia, but the rangelands ...
Code Pastoral pour la Tunisie (Draft - Version Française)
ICARDA team through the GIZ small grant project (Partnerships to improve pastoral policies in Tunisia) and in collaboration with many stakeholders including the Forestry Department (DGF) have facilitated the revision/update ...
Sustainable silvopastoral restoration to promote ecosystem services in Tunisia
this chapter is describing the The silvopastoral improvement accomplished in the region of Sbaihia, Tunisia thet relies on a sound participatory approach with full cooperation from the local population who contributed to ...