Study site description: Zeuss Koutine, Tunisia

Table of Contents

1. Responsible IP partner
2. General Information
   1. Site selection
   2. Local partners
3. Bio-physical description
4. Socio-economic description
5. Institutional and political setting
6. Relevant end-users / stakeholder groups
7. Past and on-going projects

Local partners

The main local partners who are involved are:

• The Regional Department of the Ministry of Agriculture (Commissariat Régional au Développement Agricole) (CRDA) which is in charge of all agricultural development programs and projects in the province of Médenine.
• Two local NGOs (AJZ: Association des Jeunes de Zammour à Béni Khédache; APB: Association de Sauvegarde de la Biodiversité à Béni Khédache) engaged in the preservation of the environment, combating desertification and local development.
• GDA (Groupement de Développement Agricole): the herder association which focuses mainly on the problems of grazing and livestock husbandry in the rangelands of the Dahar plateau.

Though Arabic is the official language, French is widely used too, especially for technical purposes. However, English is relatively restricted to research and university arena.