Les crises ont généralement l’avantage d’être des évènements révélateurs de problèmes ponctuels ou structurels minorés ou sous-estimés jusqu’au jour où une étincelle embrase la situation et force l’attention des observateurs et des décideurs.
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Webinaire – Le foncier agricole en Afrique du Nord, entre insécurité alimentaire et marginalisation sociale.
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Appel pour une Agriculture Vivrière qui Nourrit les Humains, Protège le Vivant et Réduit les Risques Ecologiques et Climatiques
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Since the end of French colonization in 1956, successive Tunisian governments have managed to ensure access to healthy and sufficient food for the vast majority of its citizens. Tunisia has a low level of hunger, with a 2018 score of 7.9 out of 50 on the Global Hunger Index (GHI), and this number has continued to trend downwards. Most Tunisians eat their fill and some even allow themselves luxury food products from time to time. Physical access to something to eat without too much trouble is not the challenge. The question is, given the context of a stagnant economy and high unemployment: at what cost?
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The Tunisian government is in high-level talks to remove the last crumbling barriers protecting Tunisian agriculture. Efforts to capitalize on the ‘comparative advantage’ of Tunisia’s nearly year-round sunshine has already forced a shift toward production of fruit and vegetables for export, and increasing dependence on imports for the basic cereals that make up most Tunisian diets. As the nation’s agriculture turned to meet the demands of Europe over the last 25 years, poverty in the countryside swelled. If the changes go through, it would cement dependence on the European trading system, and decimate what is left of Tunisia’s diverse peasant agriculture.
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Habib Ayeb Un/a tunisino/a su due attualmente si nutre con prodotti che vengono dall’estero. La nostra dipendenza alimentare oltrepassa già il 55% del nostro fabbisogno. Eppure una tale situazione non è dovuta a una fatalità. Contrariamente a quanto afferma la grande maggioranza degli esperti e di chi prende le decisioni, contro ogni evidenza, la Tunisia […]
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Habib Ayeb** Un.e tunisien.ne sur deux se nourrit actuellement de l’étranger. Notre dépendance alimentaire dépasse déjà les 55% de nos besoins. Pourtant, cette situation ne correspond à aucune fatalité. Contrairement à ce que la grande majorité des experts et des décideurs affirment, contre toute évidence, la Tunisie dispose de suffisamment de ressources naturelles (eaux, terres…) […]
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