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Water-Saving Techniques Practiced by Olive Growers in Dry Areas
During the last two decades, olive production in Syria has expanded to less favorable marginal dry areas, where water is the most important limiting factor. Farmers in these areas have been applying special management ...
Comparison of Soil Compaction Under Conventional Agriculture and Conservation Agriculture Practices
This study took place at the National Institute for Field Crops in Tunisia, under the Project:" to Support Development of Conservation Agriculture" (a project funded by the French Agency for Development). In this study we ...
Major achievements in faba bean breeding in Tunisia
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is the major food legume crop in Tunisia occupying around 60,000 ha representing almost 80% of the total food legume areas. It contributes to the improvement and the sustainability of wheat ...
Developing a toolbox for rangeland restoration/rehabilitation in arid environments
Rangelands are recognized for their importance and value in providing society with valuable products and ecosystem services. In such ecosystems, effective management is needed for sustainable plant growth and survival in ...
Response of arid rangelands to deferred grazing in Southern Tunisia
Rangelands in north Africa and the near east in general provide numerous goods and services that have great economic, social, cultural, and biological values. For centuries, inhabitants of rangelands have engineered pastoral ...
Impact des variations climatiques sur la production de l’orge dans le gouvernorat de Sidi Bouzid et prédiction de l’impact du changement climatique
Le changement climatique (CC) est l’évolution du climat venant s’ajouter à ses variations naturelles.
Ce CC est majoritairement attribué aux émissions de gaz à effet de serre engendrés par les activités
humaines. Le CC est ...
Efficiency of Crop–Livestock Production Systems Under Conservation Agriculture: Scope for sustainable system transformation to Achieving Food Security in Rain-Fed Drylands of Tunisia
The objective of this study is to evaluate the technical efficiency of farmers engaged in mixed crop–livestock systems under conservation agriculture (CLCA) in Tunisian rainfed areas who are using Resource-Conserving ...
Effet de la méthode artisanale d’extraction sur les caractéristiques chimiques de l’huile végétale de lentisque pistachier du nord de la Tunisia (Pistacia lentiscus L.)
Huile végétale, lentisque pistachier, caractérisation physique, analyses chimiques Ce travail a été mené dans le cadre de la caractérisation de l’huile végétale de lentisque pistachier. Une caractérisation chimique des ...
Modelling the Impact of Human and Climate Change on Stipa Tenacissima Distribution in the Arid and Semi-Arid Rangelands of North Africa
Rangelands in the Southern part of Tunisia are characterized by the extent of the impact of human
induced activities in particular overgrazing and encroachment of cultivation into best rangeland sites
(Ouled Belgacem et ...
Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Tunisia: Approches and Strategies Implemented
Conservation agriculture is based on the elimination of tillage and soil protection by crop residues or cover crops. Its Development worldwide is linked to its positive impacts in limiting soil degradation as well as ...