WOCAT SLM Technology: “Small-Scale Seed Cleaning Unit [Tunisia]”

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areasen
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Agricultural Research Institute of Tunisiaen
cg.contributor.affiliationOffice of Livestock and Pasture Authorityen
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Directorate General of Planning and Conservation of Agricultural Landen
cg.contributor.affiliationDeutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeiten
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut Technique des Grandes Culturesen
cg.contributor.affiliationThe Institution of Research and Higher Agricultural Educationen
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologiesen
cg.contributor.donorDeutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeiten
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorGerman Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeAgroecology
cg.coverage.countryAlgeria
cg.coverage.countryTunisia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2DZ
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TN
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africa
cg.creator.identifierUdo Rudiger: 0000-0003-0202-7461en
cg.creator.identifierAymen Frija: 0000-0001-8379-9054en
cg.creator.identifierZied Idoudi: 0000-0003-2717-7845en
cg.creator.identifierBoubaker Dhehibi: 0000-0003-3854-6669en
cg.creator.identifierMourad Rekik: 0000-0001-7455-2017en
cg.creator.identifierLouahdi Nasreddine: 0009-0004-3937-076Xen
cg.identifier.urlhttps://qcat.wocat.net/en/wocat/technologies/view/technologies_6669/en
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 8 - Decent work and economic growthen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 10 - Reduced inequalitiesen
dc.contributor.authorRudiger, Udoen
dc.contributor.authorFrija, Aymenen
dc.contributor.authorIdoudi, Zieden
dc.contributor.authorZaiem, Anisen
dc.contributor.authorDhehibi, Boubakeren
dc.contributor.authorRekik, Mouraden
dc.contributor.authorLouahdi, Nasreddineen
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-04T20:12:14Zen
dc.date.available2023-12-04T20:12:14Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/134983
dc.titleWOCAT SLM Technology: “Small-Scale Seed Cleaning Unit [Tunisia]”en
dcterms.abstractThe mobile seed cleaning machine improves the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Tunisia by significantly enhancing seed quality, increasing crop production, reducing workload and costs, and promoting local value chains and social cohesion. In Tunisia and Algeria, the agricultural system is characterized by low levels of mechanization, particularly among small and medium-sized farmers who cannot afford expensive imported machines. As a result, a substantial amount of manual labor is required to carry out various agricultural operations, such as seed cleaning, which is traditionally done by women and children. While seed production is often handled by large suppliers, this does not always meet the demand. Therefore, many smallholder farmers in Tunisia prefer to use their own seeds, despite the time-consuming manual cleaning process and the risk of lower quality. To address these issues, the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) collaborated with national partners to develop a mobile seed cleaning machine for small-scale farmers. The prototype, designed and tested with input from a local manufacturer, is suitable for primary field crops, such as wheat, barley, vetch, and faba beans, commonly grown in Tunisia. The machine sorts out damaged or undersized seeds and removes rocks or pebbles, while treating the remaining seeds to eliminate contamination or weeds, ensuring quality and longer shelf life. The introduction of the mobile seed cleaning machine has several advantages, including a reduction in the workload for women and children, improved crop production and quality, increased land productivity, reduced dependence on imported seeds and machinery, and the promotion of local value chains and social cohesion through cooperative ownership and shared utilization of the machines.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2023-09-13en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationUdo Rudiger, Aymen Frija, Zied Idoudi, Anis Zaiem, Boubaker Dhehibi, Mourad Rekik, Nasreddine Louahdi. (13/9/2023). WOCAT SLM Technology: “Small-Scale Seed Cleaning Unit [Tunisia]”. Germany: The Global Database on Sustainable Land Management (SLM) of WOCAT.en
dcterms.issued2023-09-13en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
dcterms.publisherThe Global Database on Sustainable Land Management (SLM) of WOCATen
dcterms.subjectseedsen
dcterms.subjectseed systemsen
dcterms.subjectsmall-scale mechanizationen
dcterms.subjectbarleyen
dcterms.subjectfaba beanen
dcterms.subjectvetch (vicia spp.)en
dcterms.subjectoat (avena sativa)en
dcterms.subjecttriticaleen
dcterms.subjectdurum wheaten
dcterms.subjectsoft wheaten
dcterms.subjectfenugreeken
dcterms.subjecthedysarum coronariumen
dcterms.subjectreducing women’s workloadsen
dcterms.subjectsocial entrepreneurshipen
dcterms.typeInternal Document

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