INRAE-LISAH France

Presentation

Jerôme Molenat (INRAE),

INRAE is France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, created on January 1, 2020, It was formed by the merger of INRA, the National Institute for Agricultural Research, and IRSTEA, the National Research Institute of Science and Technology for the Environment and Agriculture.As the world’s top institute for research on agriculture, food, and the environment, INRAE will help address these concerns. It will use research, innovation, and support for public policies as tools to guide the emergence of sustainable agricultural and food production systems. The institute aims to carry out science dedicated to life, humans, and the Earth that uncovers solutions to our most pressing concerns.

Human capacity

Laboratoire d’étude des Interactions Sol, Agrosystème, Hydrosystème (Laboratory for the study of the interactions between Soil, Agrosystem and Hydrosystem).

  • Head : Jean-Stéphane Bailly and Fred Jacob.

  • Website : www.umr-lisah.fr

  • Permanent staff: Researchers, teachers, engineers, technicians.

  • Main research topic : Understanding the water, matter, and energy fluxes in cultivated rainfed landscapes.

People in AQUEDUCT

Permanent staff

Non-Permanent staff

Staff recruited via AQUEDUCT support

  • 1 PhD student supported (IRD)

  • 1 Computing Engineer (INRAE)

  • 1 Post-doctoral position (IRD)

Water and Agricultural Issues

  • Lowland (coastal plain): Large reservoirs, irrigated crops

  • Highlands (hilly landscape): Small reservoirs, rainfed crops

Current and future solutions for water scarcity adaptation:

  • Changes in cropping system

  • Using small reservoir water

  • Crop diversification (landscape)

  • Water restriction

  • Changes in irrigation practices

Stakeholders​​

  • Farmers and farmers associations (GDA)

  • Local water and agricultural management authorities (CRDA)

  • Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fishing