Economic Evaluation of Soil and Water Conservation Practices and Forage Mixtures Cropping Under Different Agroecosystems in Northern and Central West Tunisia

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areasen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Agricultural Research Institute of Tunisiaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Foresten_US
cg.contributor.affiliationOffice of Livestock and Pasture Authorityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationMinistry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Directorate General of Planning and Conservation of Agricultural Landen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationDeutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeiten_US
cg.contributor.affiliationThe Institution of Research and Higher Agricultural Educationen_US
cg.contributor.donorDeutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeiten_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeAgroecologyen_US
cg.coverage.countryTunisiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TNen_US
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierBoubaker Dhehibi: 0000-0003-3854-6669en_US
cg.creator.identifierAymen Frija: 0000-0001-8379-9054en_US
cg.creator.identifierAli Mohammed Oumer: 0000-0001-9110-8882en_US
cg.creator.identifierZied Idoudi: 0000-0003-2717-7845en_US
cg.creator.identifierQuang Bao Le: 0000-0001-8514-1088en_US
cg.creator.identifierMourad Rekik: 0000-0001-7455-2017en_US
cg.creator.identifierHassen Ouerghemmi: 0000-0001-7026-5256en_US
cg.isbn9772709775008en_US
cg.issn2709-7757en_US
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobsen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 8 - Decent work and economic growthen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on landen_US
dc.contributor.authorSouissi, Asmaen_US
dc.contributor.authorDhehibi, Boubakeren_US
dc.contributor.authorFrija, Aymenen_US
dc.contributor.authorM. Oumer, Alien_US
dc.contributor.authorIdoudi, Zieden_US
dc.contributor.authorM'hamed, Hatem Cheikhen_US
dc.contributor.authorBen Youssef, Salahen_US
dc.contributor.authorBahri, Haithemen_US
dc.contributor.authorLe, Quang Baoen_US
dc.contributor.authorShiri, Zahraen_US
dc.contributor.authorWafa, Ameuren_US
dc.contributor.authorOuerghemmi, Hassenen_US
dc.contributor.authorRekik, Mouraden_US
dc.contributor.authorMajri, Rihaben_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-04T20:05:41Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-12-04T20:05:41Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/134978en_US
dc.titleEconomic Evaluation of Soil and Water Conservation Practices and Forage Mixtures Cropping Under Different Agroecosystems in Northern and Central West Tunisiaen_US
dcterms.abstractSoil erosion and land degradation are critical challenges in Northern and Central West Tunisia. This report assesses the profitability of different forage mixtures used as a key rotation practice to mitigate these challenges. Various soil and water conservation (SWC) practices were put in place using a sample of 33 small farmers in the framework of the SWC@Scale-ProSol project. Cost-benefit and a partial budget analysis were conducted to assess the profitability of the implemented agricultural practices on the selected demonstration plots. Technical and economic surveys were also carried out and forage samples were collected to support the study. Results show that the four tested forage mixtures were profitable in both agroecosystems of the study (Siliana and Kairouan), particularly under the rainfed agriculture production system. The mixture “Vetch-Oat-Triticale” (VOT) has the best net return and benefit-cost ratio. SWC practices, such as the zero and/or minimum tillage and the mechanical sowing, also increase the benefit-cost ratio (BCR). The intercropping system (forage mixtures between lines of olive trees) reached a net return and a BCR remarkably close to the open field cropping system. Using forage mixtures and applying SWC practices significantly contributes to curbing the growing erosion problems in the studied areas, as well as enhancing farmer’s profitability, and can thus widely be considered an option for both profitability and sustainability.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2023-09-04en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAsma Souissi, Boubaker Dhehibi, Aymen Frija, Ali M. Oumer, Zied Idoudi, Hatem Cheikh M'hamed, Salah Ben Youssef, Haithem Bahri, Quang Bao Le, Zahra Shiri, Ameur Wafa, Hassen Ouerghemmi, Mourad Rekik, Rihab Majri. (4/9/2023). Economic Evaluation of Soil and Water Conservation Practices and Forage Mixtures Cropping Under Different Agroecosystems in Northern and Central West Tunisia. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).en_US
dcterms.formatPDFen_US
dcterms.formatPDFen_US
dcterms.issued2023-09-04en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-SA-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areasen_US
dcterms.subjecttunisiaen_US
dcterms.subjectprofitabilityen_US
dcterms.subjectbenefit-cost ratioen_US
dcterms.subjectforageen_US
dcterms.subjectvetch (vicia spp.)en_US
dcterms.subjectoat (avena sativa)en_US
dcterms.subjecttriticaleen_US
dcterms.subjectfenugreeken_US
dcterms.subjectforage mixturesen_US
dcterms.subjectswc practicesen_US
dcterms.subjectpartial budgeten_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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