Conservation Agriculture in Tunisia Sarra Baccouri

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Title: Conservation Agriculture in Tunisia Sarra Baccouri

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Conservation Agriculture in Tunisia Sarra
Baccouri

Conservation Agriculture Carbon Offset
Consultation
Indiana on Oct. 28-30, 2008

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Content

Tunisian agriculture
Limits
Solutions done on the past
The introduction of the Conservation Agriculture
(CA)
Encouraging results
Limits to develop the CA
APAD

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Tunisia
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Tunisian agriculture

1 500 000 ha / cereals
360 000 ha rainful area
Average area / farmer 30ha
Average yield (wheat) 1500 kg/ha
The agriculture is based on cereals and extensive
sheep farming (Pasture from May to october)

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Problems and limits
Runoff High cost of production Limited yield
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Soil erosionWater losses
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Sediment transport
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As an alternative Bench terraces
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Problems
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No-tillage

Diversified crop rotations
Minimum soil disturbance
Permanent soil cover

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The history of the introduction of direct seeding
in Tunisia

1970-80 scientific trying (Tye machines)
1999 credits / AFD
2001 FFEM (5years)
2007 FFEM (5years)

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Encouraging results

Reduced soil erosion
Improved soil fertility
Improved water infiltration
Reduced air pollution
Fuel savings
Time savings

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No-till in Tunisia
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Limits to develop the CA in Tunisia

Price of the machine

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Limits to develop the CA in Tunisia

Unreasonable pasture

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Association Pour lAgriculture Durable (APAD)

Founded on December 2006
Group of farmers who are interested by
conservation agriculture and environmental
problems

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Aims

Reduce productions costs
Reduce soil erosion
Improve the agronomic potential of soils
Increase the carbon sequestration
Participate to fight against climate change

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Aims

Farmers hope benefit from carbon
sequestration in the near future and get paid out
of carbon funds

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Others goals

To share their experience
To help each other
To resolve their common problem together
Improve their knowledge

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Firsts steps done by APAD

National seminary to start the PADAC (Bizerte,
Tunisia, 16-17 May 2007)
SIAMAP (Tunis, October 2007)
GREEN IFRIQUYA (November 2007)
Experts Group Meeting Sustainable development
in North Africa experiences and lessons (Tunis,
Tunisia, 18-21 November 2007)

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Firsts steps done by APAD

International solidarity on climate change
strategies for africain and the mediterranean
regions (Tunis, 18-20 November 2007)

Recent trends in Conservation Agriculture under
Mediterranean conditions (Zaragoza, Spain, 31
March April 2008)

Festival of no-tillage (France, 09/27/2008)
INNOVAGRI (France, September 2008)
October 2008
- SIAT
- National day to inform farmers about no-tillage
(Bousalem, Tunisia, 10/15/2008)