SWC@Scale / ProSol - Soil Protection and Rehabilitation of Degraded Soil for Food Security

ABOUT US

Due to the high diversity in semi-arid drylands, land degradation cannot be addressed through uniform blanket soil and water conservation technologies (SWCT) and related policies. SWCTs are local-level activities and practices that maintain or enhance the productive capacity of the land, including soil, water and vegetation in areas prone to degradation. SWCTs also include practices that contribute to the prevention or reduction of soil erosion, compaction, salinity, etc. In order to be successful, it is required that investments in SWCT options are tailored to the specific and highly variable social and ecological contexts.

Period of Implementation

Dec 10, 2020 - Jun 30, 2024

Total Budget

USD 451,001.00

Project team

Aymen Frija

ICARDA

Dr. Aymen Frija is an agricultural economist with ICARDA’s... see more

Zied Idoudi

ICARDA

Zied Idoudi is an Agricultural Economist Engineer with profe... see more

Udo Rudiger

ICARDA

Udo Rudiger joined ICARDA’s Tunisia office in 2016 as a CI... see more

Partners

International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDA

Donors

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit - GIZ

OUR IMPACT

Goals

This proposal suggests designing research for development activities that can help address the above-mentioned research questions. In doing so, the project will mainstream existing conceptual and practical knowledge to support the effective implementation of the overall PROSOL program and provide additional guidance to the ACTA 2050 strategy in Tunisia.

Objectives

In addition to the goals mentioned above, project objectives include: to generate scientific measures and evidence on the economic and environmental contributions of selected SWCT; to co-develop and design a practical and comprehensive scaling approach of SWCT; to implement the scaling approach in the priority areas defined by the DGACTA for a selection of SWCTs promoted by the PROSOL program; to develop an impact assessment framework compatible with the type of SWCT being implemented; and to enhance the technical and financial engineering capacities of communities and stakeholders for the drafting and evaluation of PADIT documents when relevant.

Intervention Strategy(ies)

The project is composed of four complementary components, each with a set of activities, milestones and deliverables that are expected to lead to the achievement of the five objectives described above following the logic of the conceptual framework. The first two components will focus on two selected SWCTs to be promoted and designed for specific contexts with full characterization of these technologies and generation of related suitability maps based on biophysical and socioeconomic criteria withdrawn from technologies characterization. Experimental plots where biophysical and economic measurements of the impact of the use of enhanced SWCT will be implemented in both olive-based and cereal systems. The third component of the project will be related to the testing, implementation, and validation of a comprehensive framework for sustainable and responsible scaling of the selected SWCTs. This component consists of a set of scaling-oriented activities contributing to Objective 3, as well as a set of knowledge management and capacity development activities contributing to Objective 5. Finally, the fourth component will relate to the development of impact assessment indicators of the promoted SWCTs, and implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities. This component contributes to Objective 4.

Impact Pathway

UPDATES

At the end of 2020, ICARDA launched a new GIZ-funded project in line with the Tunisian 2050 soil and water protection strategy to develop soil and water conservation technologies tailored to specific, and highly variable, social and ecological contexts. These technologies have been upscaled across the relevant regions. A key component of the initiative is in establishing appropriate indicators and tools for monitoring the impact of scaling investments. 

WHERE WE WORK

Tunisia

RESOURCES

Presentation during launch event

Author(s): Udo Rudiger

Date: 2023-11-08 | Type: Image - Sub-type(s): Photo

Evaluation des pratiques agricoles innovantes sur les performances agronomiques et l’efficience de l'utilisation de l’eau des céréales conduites en pluvial

Author(s): Hatem Cheikh M'hamed

Date: 2023-11-08 | Type: Presentation

Evaluation des pratiques agricoles innovantes sur l’érosion hydrique

Author(s): haithem bari

Date: 2023-11-08 | Type: Presentation

Forages as Soil and Water Conservation Technology

Author(s): Salah Ben Youssef | Khouloud Chetoui | Mohamed Taghouti

Date: 2023-11-08 | Type: Presentation

Improve productivity of forage legumes through introduction of rhizobia bacteria

Author(s): Imen Hemissi

Date: 2023-11-08 | Type: Presentation

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

Date: 2023-09-04 | Type: Working Paper

الجدوى التقنية والإقتصادية للمكعبات الغذائية المصنعة لدى صغار المزارعين في البلاد التونسية

Date: 2023-04-30 | Type: Brief

Vers une Mise à Echelle Efficace des Technologies de Conservation des Eaux et du Sol dans les Différents Agro-Eco-Systèmes du Nord-Ouest et Centre de la Tunisie (SWC@Scale) _ Réalisation & Performance du Projet SWC@Scale-ProSol durant la Période: Décembre 2020 - Février 2023

Date: 2023-02-21 | Type: Presentation

Faisabilité technico-économique des bouchons alimentaires fabriqués pour les petits éleveurs en Tunisie

Date: 2022-12-21 | Type: Brief

Soil Protection and Rehabilitation of Degraded Soil for Food Security – ProSol: Towards the Effective Scaling of Soil and Water Conservation Technologies under Different Agroecosystems in North and Central West Tunisia – SWC@Scale/ProSol: Technical Progress Report/ January – August 2022

Date: 2022-12-06 | Type: Donor Report

Efficiency of Crop–Livestock Production Systems Under Conservation Agriculture: Scope for Sustainable System Transformation in Rain-Fed Drylands of Tunisia - Oral Communication

Date: 2022-11-25 | Type: Presentation

Efficiency of Crop–Livestock Production Systems Under Conservation Agriculture: Scope for sustainable system transformation to Achieving Food Security in Rain-Fed Drylands of Tunisia

Date: 2022-11-25 | Type: Conference Paper

Les légumineuses, graines de star

Date: 2022-11-16 | Type: Video

Economics Evaluation Methods of Soil and Water Conservation Techniques – Technical Guideline Note

Author(s): Boubaker Dhehibi | Aymen Frija | Asma Souissi

Date: 2022-11-07 | Type: Tool

Profitability of Manufactured Feed Pellets for Small-Scale Crop-Livestock Farmers in Tunisia

Date: 2022-10-26 | Type: Brief

Business models for small-scale mechanization of animal feed to improve farmers’ incomes, soil conservation and climate change adaptation/mitigation

Author(s): Boubaker Dhehibi | Aymen Frija | Udo Rudiger | Amal Mannai

Date: 2022-10-15 | Type: Presentation

Technical Report on Face to Face Training on “Introduction to e-learning courses in the framework of the SWC@scale project”

Author(s): Udo Rudiger

Date: 2022-06-22 | Type: Report - Sub-type(s): Internal Report

E-learning participants

Author(s): Udo Rudiger

Date: 2022-06-21 | Type: Image - Sub-type(s): Photo

Training agenda for e-learning courses

Author(s): Udo Rudiger

Date: 2022-06-21 | Type: Other (training agenda)

Small mechanization in SWC@scale

Author(s): Udo Rudiger

Date: 2022-05-27 | Type: Presentation

Grinder

Author(s): Udo Rudiger

Date: 2022-05-27 | Type: Image - Sub-type(s): Photo

Training on small machinery

Author(s): Udo Rudiger

Date: 2022-05-27 | Type: Image - Sub-type(s): Photo

Rapport creation SMSA / Cooperative Ennahla

Author(s): Maaouia Belgacem

Date: 2022-02-28 | Type: Report - Sub-type(s): Internal Report

“Towards the Effective Scaling of Soil and Water Conservation Technologies under different Agroecosystems in North and Central West Tunisia” Project – Brochure

Author(s): Udo Rudiger | Aymen Frija | Zied Idoudi

Date: 2022-01-17 | Type: Brochure

technical report - “Research on the effective scaling of soil and water conservation technologies under different agroecosystems in North and Central West Tunisia” (SWC@Scale)

Date: 2021-12-31 | Type: Donor Report

Approche socio-économique de la pratique de gestion de fumier à l’échelle des exploitations agricoles (Kairouan, Tunisie)

Author(s): Manel Farhat | Veronique Alary | Aymen Frija

Date: 2021-12-16 | Type: Poster

Approche participative en faveur de la transition agroécologique face agressions naturelles et anthropiques en Tunisie centrale

Author(s): Zahra Shiri | Hichem Rejeb | Aymen Frija

Date: 2021-12-16 | Type: Presentation

L’olivier en Tunisie, entre le temps et l’espace

Author(s): Hassen Ouerghemmi | Hichem Rejeb | Aymen Frija

Date: 2021-12-16 | Type: Presentation

De la gestion intégrée à l’écodéveloppement agri paysager face aux dégradations des sols : Des applications agro écologiques pour une zone montagneuse d’El Khol (Hajeb Layoun-Kairouan, Tunisie)

Author(s): Zahra Shiri | Hichem Rejeb | Aymen Frija

Date: 2021-12-14 | Type: Presentation