Published as FARA Research Report Vol. 4 No. 11
Tunisia
Tunisia is a North African country with a population of over 11 million people. Of the 10 million ha of land area suitable for agriculture, only 4.2 million are cultivated and only 8% of the cultivated area is irrigated. The agricultural sector is an important economic sector in Tunisia with an annual growth of 6% and a contribution to the GDP of 11.5%. About 22% of the population is employed in the agricultural sector (including fisheries). On the other hand, the agriculture sector consumes the majority of the country’s resources: 80% of the water and 90% of the fertile land resources are used for agriculture. The important supply chains in Tunisia include; meat/dairy, fruits (olives, dates, citrus) vegetables, and seafood. This diversity in important supply chains contributes to a fairly balanced national diet in terms of macronutrients. Over-nutrition is the most pressing nutrition challenge in Tunisia, affecting two thirds of adults.
Read the full country dossier here, and read the country innovation study on the status of agricultural innovations, innovation platforms and innovation investments in Tunisia here.
Tunisia on 
Publications
Engagement of Policy Makers in Agricultural Innovation in Tunisia: Stories of Success and Failures
Understanding the Engagement of Policymakers in the Success or Failure of Agricultural Innovation Processes: Lessons from Africa Countries
Published as FARA Research Report Vol. 4 No. 6
Assessment of the Tunisian Olive Oil Value Chain in the International Markets: Constraints and Opportunities
Published as FARA Research Report Volume 4 No: 2 (2019)
The full report can be found here.
Improving milk value chains through solar milk cooling
Published as ZEF Working Paper No. 172.
Available for download here.Read more Improving milk value chains through solar milk cooling
Assessment of the Use of Conservation Agriculture on Durum Wheat Yield, Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiencies and Soil Health
Published as FARA Research Report Volume 3 No: 6 (2018)
Read the full report here.
Read more Assessment of the Use of Conservation Agriculture on Durum Wheat Yield, Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiencies and Soil Health
Factors Affecting the Adoption of Innovative Technologies by Livestock Farmers in Arid Area of Tunisia
Published as FARA Research Report Volume 3 No: 5 (2018)
Read the full report here.
Mechanization in African Agriculture: A Continental Overview on Patterns and Dynamics
ZEF Working Paper 169 can be found here
Read more Mechanization in African Agriculture: A Continental Overview on Patterns and Dynamics
Value Chain Assessment of Sidi Bouzid Sheep Production and Marketing in Tunisia : Challenges and Opportunities of Linking Breeders to the Markets
Read the full report here.
Published as: Sonia Bedhiaf, Zied Dhraief and Mariem Oueslati (2018) Value Chain Assessment of Sidi Bouzid Sheep Production and Marketing in Tunisia : Challenges and Opportunities of Linking Breeders to the Markets. FARA Research Results Vol2(8)
PARI Policy Brief No. 9: Innovation for Sustainable Agricultural Growth in Africa – Insights from Research Dossiers on 12 PARI Partner Countries
Innovation for Sustainable Agricultural Growth – 12 Country Dossiers
Dossiers available for download by country (October 2017).Read more Innovation for Sustainable Agricultural Growth – 12 Country Dossiers
The ReSAKSS Country eAtlases
The ReSAKSS Country eAtlases is a GIS-based mapping tool designed to help policy analysts and policymakers access and use high quality and highly disaggregated data on agricultural, socio-economic, and bio-physical indicators to guide agricultural policy and investment decisions.
Solar Milk Cooling with Insulated Milk Cans
The University of Hohenheim developed a milk cooling solution based on a commercially available DC Refrigerator equipped with an adaptive control unit for its conversion to a smart ice-maker that operates depending on the availability of solar energy. It can help small- and medium-sized dairy farms to improve the storage, transportation, and hygiene of their produced milk.
More information is available here. Read more Solar Milk Cooling with Insulated Milk Cans
Country Innovation Studies
The Innovation Studies for the 12 African PARI countries provide an overview of the status of agricultural innovations, innovation platforms and innovation investment in the respective country. Read more Country Innovation Studies
On the use of agricultural system models for exploring technological innovations across scales in Africa: A critical review
PARI Policy Brief No. 1: Strategic Directions for Development Collaboration for Food Security and Agricultural Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Tapping Potentials of Innovation for Food Security and Sustainable Agricultural Growth – an Africa-wide Perspective
A study for the special initiative “One World, No Hunger” of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Download full report and policy brief.
Report on Potentials and Cooperation Opportunities in African Countries
Summary of a report on potentials and possibilities for German collaboration in agriculture in the 12 PARI countries.
Download full report in English, French and German
Read more Report on Potentials and Cooperation Opportunities in African Countries
Potentials and Possibilities for German Collaboration in Agriculture – 12 Country Dossiers
Dossiers available for download by country and as a complete collection (September 2015) .Read more Potentials and Possibilities for German Collaboration in Agriculture – 12 Country Dossiers