Support the Development of Conservative Agriculture (Jendouba Tunisia)

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overview:
sector:Agriculture
stimulus:Drought
impacts:Agricultural production loss, Rainfed agricultural production loss, Soil moisture reduction
In order to reinforce the interest of the no-tillage technique, the project aims to further research-development activities and strengthen the role of the profession in particular through the funding of the Association for Sustainable Agriculture (APAD) created by a group of farmers practicing no-tillage. Project activities are to disseminate the technique of no-tillage in developing outreach centers around farmers converted to no-tillage and implement a program of applied research.

project classification:
project type: natural resource management
project status: implementation running
running time: 5 years
spatial scale: regional
effect emergence: immediate
effect persistence: more than 10 years
 
project costs:
total costs: 4400000 euro
initial investment: 4400000 euro
maintenance costs: 0 euro
problem solving capacity and reversibility:
problem solving coverage: medium
reversibility: low
responsibilities:
initiating agent: Association de promotion de l'Agriculture Durable, (APAD) and Ministry of Agriculture
executing agent: APAD
funding source: Agence Française de Développement, France
additional information:
No
evaluative information:
success factors: the profitability is low

limiting factors: Absence of payment for positive externalities

synergies to mitigation: Fighting desertification, reduction of CO2 emission and biodiversity

no regret / win-win option: Win-win

project evaluation: The project seeks to promote friendly environmental techniques that preserve the soil and implements an innovative approach to the payment of environmental services (positive externalities)

contact information:
M. Leith Ben Becher, président de l'Association de Promotion de l'Agriculture Durable (APAD)
Jardin du Lac, 1053 Tunis, Tunisie
tel.: 216 98 315 438
email: l.benbecher@gmail.com ou contact@apad.tunisie;org
information source:
Report of Agence Rfançaise de Développement (AFD) Tunis