AGRICULTURE
ENVIRONMENT
TRANSVERSAL
Services: Technical and economic advice, Technical assistance
Countries: Tunisia
Dates of intervention: 2019/07 - 2020/11
Amount executed: 52 250 €
Total amount of the service: 52 250 €
Main backer: Expertise France - Client
Main beneficiary: Ministère de l’agriculture, des ressources hydrauliques et de la pêche maritime
Support provider: SalvaTerra
Experts: Olivier BOUYER, Blanche RENAUDIN
Certificate of satisfactory executionIntégration des enjeux du changement climatique au sein du Ministère de l’agriculture, des ressources hydrauliques et de la pêche (MARHP) - DiagnosticIntégration des enjeux du changement climatique au sein du Ministère de l’agriculture, des ressources hydrauliques et de la pêche (MARHP) - Recommandations
Tunisia is hard hit by climate change, especially in coastal and arid areas: sharp rises in temperatures, decrease in rainfall, rise in sea level, etc.
By 2030, according to Tunisia's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), the area under cereals could decrease by 30% and agricultural GDP could decrease by 5 to 10%. According to the NDC, the financing needs for adaptation to climate change are estimated at US$21 million per year for agriculture over the period 2015-2030.
This mission is part of AFD's Adapt'Action Facility and aims to strengthen the implementation of the NDC, in particular by supporting the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries (MARHP) to improve its institutional mechanism for the governance of climate change and to effectively integrate the issue of adaptation into its policies. programs and procedures.
The following services were provided:
- Analysis of the current state of integration of climate change adaptation within the operations of the MARHP and recommendations to improve this integration;
- Installation of a pilot regional coordination unit on climate within the Regional Commission for Agricultural Development of Manouba;
- Training of MARHP agents on 5 themes: (i) Integration of climate change adaptation within the MARHP, (ii) National Adaptation Plan for the Agricultural Sector in Tunisia, (iii) Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) of adaptation, (iv) Status of international climate negotiations, (v) Climate finance;
- Development of communication materials in French and Arabic on the above-mentioned elements.
Integration of Climate Change (CC) Issues within the Ministry of Agriculture (MARHP): Analysis of the current state of integration of CC adaptation issues within MARHP operations and recommendations; Installation of a Pilot Regional Coordination Unit on Climate (Manouba); Training of MARHP agents (adaptation issues to the CC, MRV of adaptation, climate negotiations, climate finance); Development of communication materials in French and Arabic on the above-mentioned elements.