Project Partner

National Research Institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry (INRGREF), Tunisia

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General Overview

INRGREF focuses on research-development, outreach and extension, and training in rural engineering, water, and forestry.

Human Capacities

  • 230 Permanent staff, including 59 researchers

  • 37 Master/PhD students

  • 33 Contractual staff

  • 54 Seasonal staff

Research – Development

Research & Innovation

Developing sustainable solutions for soil and water systems

Research -Development
Outreach and Extension
Training
Scientific Excellence Pillars

INRGREF has 4 research laboratories:

  • Rural Engineering

  • Valorization of non-conventional water resources

  • Management and Valorization of Forest Resources

  • Ecology and sylvo-pastoral improvement

People Involved in the AQUEDUCT Project

  • 4 Researchers: Rim Zitouna, Abdelaziz Zairi, Insaf Mekki (INRGREF), Maroua Bouteffaha (ENIT)

  • 2 PhDs

  • 1 Postdoc

  • 4 Engineers

  • 3 Technicians

Stakeholders

The AQUEDUCT project includes 7 sites, where accounting tools and methods will be designed, tested and implemented:

  • Farmers

  • CTA (Technical Center for Citrus)

  • CRDA (Regional Development Department)

  • GDA (Water User Association)

  • UTAP (Farmer Syndicat)

  • DGPA, DGACTA, DGGRE, DGRE (National Directorate for Agriculture and Water Development)

  • OEP (Livestock and Pasture Office)

  • Private sector, NGOs (ATAE)

Field Study Overview​

Context

  • Increasing water scarcity & poor quality of groundwater resources due to overuse for irrigation

  • Severe drought years

  • Water restrictions

  • No more supply of water transfered from the north