INRGREF Scientific Days

Highlights

One of INRGREF's most significant event is the Scientific Days. Since their inception, these days have addressed a variety of subjects, most notably the management of natural resources, with a constant focus on the management of water and forest resources

The current global trends of  increasing pressure on ecosystems are characterized by a low level of resilience due to environmental change drivers and intensifying destructors related to climate change and land use. Moreover, long-term human impact on forests has resulted in highly anthropogenized ecosystems that constitute complex socio-ecological systems. Provided this fact, it is important to think critically about ecosystem management and to develop innovative and efficient alternatives.

The INRGREF concludes that its scientific days in 2023 be centered around the sustainable management of ecosystems for the agroecological transition and food safety, in accordance with its mission to contribute supporting the agriculture scientific research system. These scientific days will allow INRGREF researchers as well as researchers from other national and international institutions the opportunity to present and share their research. Considering the INRGREF successful collaborations at national and international levels,  developed over time, this event will get the support of ICARDA, GIZ/ACTA through their PROSOL programs, and INGC as a development partner at the national level. The INRGREF scientific days will cover the most important scientific events including invited talks, contributed presentations, posters and side events in presence of the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries (UTAP) representing professional agriculture body. As a result, this event will potentially contribute to strengthen the link between research development and profession, which is considered  not enough established

Context of the INRGREF 2023 Scientific Days

According to the World Bank report (Esha Zaveri et al., 2021), 1 billion people worldwide are migrants, with an increase of 10% related either directly or indirectly to hydric disasters and, consequently, to access to natural resources. These hydrological disasters are related to the effects of climate change and poor governance. The population then escaped the extreme poverty to urban popular neighborhoods and to the northern countries. Investing in water is like investing in people! Undoubtedly, this is reasonably affordable. The "global slowdown" brought on by the COVID 19 epidemic has been nothing more than reflect this pressure on the economy and society. Additionally, the impact of the crisis in Europe is becoming increasingly felt as a result of the rising cost of energy, which has a direct impact on the costs of intrusion, particularly at the level of agricultural systems. Thus, the historical and the social aspects  embedded in worldwide scientific debates, and the global socioeconomic environment were all taken into consideration when conceptualizing the INRGREF 2023 Scientific Days.