There were 31 results found for Tunisia and Agriculture

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Overview

Government programmes and private investment boost efficiency and equity in Tunisia's olive oil segment
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Olive oil, cereals, fruit and vegetables, and dates have long been the foundation of agriculture in Tunisia. Efforts are being made to modernise the sector through the development of agri-business, yet agriculture remains largely dominated by small family farms. In this context, initiatives to reorganise production to boost efficiency and equity are being implemented, notably in the form of…

Analysis

Collaboration with international development agencies supports Tunisia's agriculture development and entrepreneurship
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Agriculture is set to play a key role in achieving the government’s objective of increasing employment for young people, particularly in rural areas. In 2018 around 47% of the Tunisian population was under 30 years old and the youth unemployment rate stood at 34.8%, according to the World Bank. However, a number of programmes have been created to encourage innovation and investment, while also overcoming…

Country Report

The Report: Tunisia 2019
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Tunisia is the smallest country in North Africa with an area of 163,610 sq km and is also the northernmost country in Africa. It borders Algeria to the west, Libya to the south and east, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north. With over 1000 km of coastline, it has a strong tradition of commerce and openness to the wider Mediterranean region. The country also holds a strategic position as a bridge

Analysis

Tunisia's organic farming attracting government and foreign interest after experiencing rapid growth
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Organic agriculture is relatively new in Tunisia, initiated in the 1980s through the private sector and only slowly developing up until the late 1990s. However, given the potential of this segment for Tunisia’s economy as a whole, it has benefitted from increasing attention from industry authorities since the early 2000s, which has led to much faster growth; organic-cultivated land expanded from…

Interview

Chokri Bayoudh, CEO, Office Nationale de l’Huile d’Olive: Interview
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Interview:Chokri Bayoudh, CEO, Office Nationale de l’Huile d’Olive How can Tunisia secure its global position as the second-largest exporter of olive oil? CHOKRI BAYOUDH: To date, Tunisia has been the second-largest olive oil producer in the world after the EU, and represents 8% of the global production of olive oil. Tunisian olive oil also represents between 20-25% of global olive oil…

Overview

New measures expected to incentivise investment and grow Tunisia's agricultural sector
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Agriculture in Tunisia mostly consists of olive oil, cereals, dates, fruits and vegetables. In recent years efforts to modernise the sector have steered it towards the development of an agri-business industry and away from traditional, small family farms. However, the sector still has to deal with several challenges, including land fragmentation, which contributes to poor access to credit; a considerable…

Country Report

The Report: Tunisia 2018
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Appointed in August 2016 as the head of a new national unity government, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed in early 2018 announced a series of reforms which sparked protests across the country. In response, the IMF, which continues to work with the government under its four-year, $2.9bn extended fund facility arrangement, stated that the reform agenda of 2018 was ambitious and should contribute to set

Chapter

The Report: Tunisia 2018: Agriculture
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Agriculture plays an important role in the Tunisian economy which consists mostly of olive oil, cereals, dates, fruits and vegetables. Together with fishery, it accounted for 9.1% of GDP in 2016, generating €3.1bn. The sector has had to deal with several challenges, including land fragmentation, which contributes to poor access to credit; a considerable technology gap; climatic fluctuation and weak…

Economic News

Le secteur agricole tunisien récolte la croissance

In English Le secteur agricole tunisien a fait mentir les pronostics la saison dernière en dégageant un profit accru malgré une baisse des volumes d'échanges, porté par la hausse des prix de certains de ses produits phares sur les marchés internationaux. Les revenus issus des exportations de fruits et légumes ont progressé de 13% au cours de la saison de récolte 2016/17, alors…

Analysis

Technological innovation helps with Tunisia's dry agricultural climate
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In recent years Tunisian agriculture has been hampered by the recurring droughts, and with only 80,000 ha of cultivable land under irrigation, cereals and crop production have fluctuated. Yet Tunisia has a volume of water reserves estimated at 5bn cu metres, 55% composed of surface waters and 45% underground. Nearly half of these reserves are situated in the water-rich northern provinces. In…

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