Groundwater resources are a crucial driver of development. Since the 1970s, expansion irrigated land on margins existing ‘traditional’ oases has been encouraged by Tunisian authorities to enhance local As result, in Southern Tunisia currently facing sustainability concerns. This situation requires alternative water management approaches, which actors collaborate and contribute design new rules....

Decisions on irrigation water management are usually made at different levels, including farms, user associations (WUAs), and regional planning agencies. The latter generally have good access to information decision tools regarding resources management. However, these remain out of reach the final users, namely farmers. study, conducted in irrigated district Cherfech, north Tunisia, had main ob...

The Farmers of the Future (FoF) initiative implemented a programme of integrating natural resources management in the basic education curriculum. The purpose of the study was to document activities and determine the effects of FoF programme on primary school learners’ perceptions towards natural resources management by comparing learners involved in the FoF programme and those not involved. Fur...

We sought to determine who the public perceives as most contributing to the rise in obesity and to identify the determinants of such perceptions. A nationwide survey was conducted among 800 US individuals. Respondents were asked to place each of seven entities (food manufacturers, grocery stores, restaurants, government policies, farmers, individuals, and parents) into three categories: primari...

The aim of this study was to identify limitations and incentives in reporting clinically suspect situations, possibly caused by classical swine fever (CSF), to veterinary authorities with the ultimate aim to facilitate early detection of CSF outbreaks. Focus group sessions were held with policy makers from the veterinary authorities, and representatives of veterinary practitioners and pig farme...