Springer Agriculture Productivity in Tunisia Under Stressed Environment (Springer Water)

Product Description This book highlights recent efforts to sustain agricultural productivity in Tunisia under a stressed environment and aridity conditions. This book's authors gathered a unique set of applications and approaches, including techniques applied to increase yield and preserve the environment, such as organic farming and using biochar amendment and its effects on soils' physicochemical properties.  This book also presents water resources management and water management practices for sustainable soil production, diagnosis, and new farming technologies to enhance water-use efficiency. The book also addresses current livestock strategies intended to maintain production sustainability, increase fish productivity, and initiatives for sustainable tourism development. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable guide for policy planners, decision-makers, stakeholders, researchers, and graduate students in Tunisia and neighboring countries with similarly stressed environmental conditions. From the Back Cover This book highlights recent efforts to sustain agricultural productivity in Tunisia under a stressed environment and aridity conditions. This book's authors gathered a unique set of applications and approaches, including techniques applied to increase yield and preserve the environment, such as organic farming and using biochar amendment and its effects on soils' physicochemical properties. This book also presents water resources management and water management practices for sustainable soil production, diagnosis, and new farming technologies to enhance water-use efficiency. The book also addresses current livestock strategies intended to maintain production sustainability, increase fish productivity, and initiatives for sustainable tourism development. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable guide for policy planners, decision-makers, stakeholders, researchers, and graduate students in Tunisia and neighboring countries with similarly stressed environmental conditions. About the Author Dr. Faiza Khebour Allouche is an associate professor of Landscape and Environment at the High Institute of Agronomic Sciences Chott Meriam (ISA-CM), Sousse University, Department of Horticultural Sciences and Landscape, Laboratory of Integrated management of natural resources: remote sensing, spatial analysis and modeling (GREEN-TEAM). She received the BSc. degree in Agronomic sciences from the ISA-CM, Sousse, in 1997, the MSc. degree in Improved crop production in 2000, With Honours, from the National Agronomic Institute of Tunis (INAT), Carthage University. She got her PhD degree in the field of Agronomic Sciences in 2007, with the highest level of distinction, from the Mirail Toulouse2 University, France, and has an Advanced Certificate in Geomatics and Applications from the National School of Geographic Sciences-Marne-La-Valée,Paris, France and the Hassania school of public works, Casablanca, Marocco. Faiza Khebour Allouche  participated in several national and international projects from 1998 until now. She published more than 50 papers in national and international journals and conferences. She is a member of the scientific committee of several international conferences and a member of the organizing committee of others and participated in more than 30 conferences. Her principle background is related to engineering sciences and integrated remote sensing - GIS applications in the field of agriculture and environment and her current research activities focuses on the integration of Geospatial data to assess and monitor agriculture and food security in Tunisia.   Dr. Mohamed Abu-hashim is the contact person and the Associate partner of EXCEED - SWINDON - Middle East North Africa  program "International Network on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in Developing Countries. Dr. Abuhashim is the manager of Technology Transfer Office (TTO), and the Director of Project Management Unit,