Research for development projects
Project IRZOD
Project IRZOD (Rural Innovation in Difficult Zones) entitled "Jessour and Ksour de Béni khédivial" is implemented within the framework of an experimental program of development durable and carried out within the framework of the bilateral co-operation between the Regional Council of Médenine and the General Council of the Department of Le Hérault (France). It is a program of "research and development" initiated by the Institute of the Arid Areas of Médenine and the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier.
WAHIA
It is in an INCO-DC project implemented between 1998 and 2002 by IRA, Wageningen University (The Netherlands), University of Ghent (Belgium) for the impact assessment and economic evaluation of water harvesting techniques in the dry areas.
MEDRATE
It was implemented within the EC (DG.I)-CIHEAM cooperation project 'Regional Action Programme: Rainfed agriculture" between 2000 and 2002. It aimed at the evaluation of agricultural practices to improve efficiency and environment conservation in Mediterranean arid and semi-arid production systems.
SUMAMAD
This project was implemented in joint collaboration between IRA, the UNU, UNESCO-MAB, ICARDA and the University of Gent (Belgium) with a funding from the Flemish government of Belgium (1st phase: 2003-2007). The project aimed at enhancing the sustainable management and conservation of marginal drylands in Northern Africa and Asia through conducting participatory research on the natural resources conservation and exploitation and exploration of alternative income generating for rural communities in the dry areas.
