TUNISIA AGRICULTURE

Tunisian authorities ban use of drinking water in agriculture to fight drought

epa10564713 Tunisian farmers harvest strawberries in a strawberry field in Korba, Nabeul, south of Tunis, Tunisia, 08 April 2023. The strawberry harvest in the governorate of Nabeul accounts for nearly 90 percent of national production. Tunisia is one of the countries most affected by climate change, with a succession of drought episodes that have persisted for four years and impacted the agricultural sector. Tunisia's ministry of agriculture, fisheries, and water resources, on 31 March 2023, introduced a ban on the use of drinking water in the country's agriculture to battle the drought until September 2023. EPA/MOHAMED MESSARA

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