Comprehensive Review of Action Plans for Economic Water Productivity in Gender and Youth Sensitive Value Chains

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2026-02-24

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SDG 1 - No povertySDG 2 - Zero hungerSDG 5 - Gender equalitySDG 12 - Responsible consumption and production

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Boubaker Dhehibi, Rania Soula, Bezaiet Dessalegn, Asma Souissi, Mohamed Zied Dhraief. (24/2/2026). Comprehensive Review of Action Plans for Economic Water Productivity in Gender and Youth Sensitive Value Chains.

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Tunisia and the wider MENA region face a structural water deficit that makes improving economic water productivity along agri-food value chains a strategic imperative. The reviewed action plans combine technical measures (modern irrigation, non-conventional water, renewable energy), governance reforms, innovative finance and targeted capacity building to raise value per cubic meter while beginning to address gender and youth inclusion. Yet persistent gaps in legislation, infrastructure, energy costs and financial access continue to limit resilience, so the report recommends an integrated Water Management Resilience approach that scales nature-based solutions, climate-smart and gender-responsive finance, digital water accounting and more strategic management of virtual water trade.

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water scarcity; irrigation efficiency; virtual water

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integrated water resources management (iwrm); economic water productivity (ewp); water management resilience (wmr); non-conventional water (ncw); renewable energy for irrigation; gender-responsive governance; the water–energy–food nexus

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Dhehibi, Boubaker  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3854-6669
 Soula, Rania  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6086-9176
 Dessalegn, Bezaiet  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9406-1389