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Climate change and agricultural vulnerability: a case study of rain-fed wheat in Kairouan, Central Tunisia

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In the Maghreb and North African regions, the interannual climate variability causes severe impacts on agriculture through long drought episodes. Impacts are expected to increase due to projected climate change. Decreasing water availability will have a direct impact on the agriculture sector and could endanger the socioeconomic development and social stability in Tunisia where rain-fed agriculture represents the main occupancy and means of subsistence for the large rural population.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Raoudha Mougou for leading the work, which delivered this paper. We regret that the paper is only published after her sudden death.

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  1. Institut National de Recherche en Génie Rural, Eaux et Forêts (INRGREF), Ministry of Agriculture and Hydraulic Resources, Ariana, Tunisia

    Raoudha Mougou & Rim Zitouna Chebbi

  2. Centre Régional de Recherches en Horticulture et Agriculture Biologique, Sousse, Tunisia

    Mohsen Mansour

  3. Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ana Iglesias

  4. Transdisciplinary Concepts and Methods, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Telegraphenberg A31, PO Box 60 12 03, 14412, Potsdam, Germany

    Antonella Battaglini

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Mougou, R., Mansour, M., Iglesias, A. et al. Climate change and agricultural vulnerability: a case study of rain-fed wheat in Kairouan, Central Tunisia. Reg Environ Change 11 (Suppl 1), 137–142 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-010-0179-4

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