Cap Bon, Tunisia
Regional Description:
The Lebna region is located on the Cap Bon peninsula in north-eastern Tunisia and belongs to the governorate of Nabeul. Cap Bon is a rural and agricultural region with an urbanised coastline of almost 300 km (1/5 of Tunisia’s coastline). The region is considered prosperous and strategic due to its proximity to the capital Tunis.
Lebna watershed is bounded in the west by the Djebel Sidi Abderrahman, composed of hills (average altitude 350 m) in its central part, and occupied mainly by associations of polycultures / rangelands. Downstream, it is a coastal plain covered by market gardening. This landscape depicts a socio-spatial divide between small-scale family farming with rain-fed agriculture and intensive irrigated export agriculture.
The climate varies from humid to semi-arid, with varying rainfall between upstream and downstream. The Oued Lebna watershed – upstream and downstream – with an area of 222 km2 is our study area for this case study.
Description, Objectives and Aims:
The general aim of the Tunisian case study is to provide a new scientific basis for policy-based management and business models. It will serve to develop methods to analyse the social impact of the sustainable management of AE and policy development and to strengthen the social and political dimensions of the Living Labs considering the specific farm/landscape conditions.
Four objectives are set for the case study : i) carry out a study of AE and related spatial dynamics, ii) identify best practices in terms of land and water resources management, as well as opportunities/constraints for the development of AF/MF practices and the sustainable agriculture sector; iii) identify and conduct a survey of relevant stakeholders iv) organise exchanges (workshops) with relevant national/regional policymakers to understand institutional approaches to the promotion of sustainable agricultural practices, exchanges with farmer’s associations and local NGO’s v) formulate recommendations to policymakers so as to integrate the socioeconomic dimensions of farm practices in policy formulation and technology development.
The expected outcomes are:
- A methodological guide for analysing the complex processes that shape sustainable management of AE and farm practices
- Better integration of the socioeconomic dimensions of farm practices in policy formulation and technology development.
- Organisation of a stakeholder workshop
Regional Partners:
Agricultural services
User's and farmer's associations
Local NGO’s
