Advancing public private and people partnership (PPPP) for small scale mechanization in Tunisia: a milestone towards enhanced farm and landscape management

ICARDA and its national partners in Tunisia engaged in a comprehensive dialogue with private sector entities specializing in manufacturing and trade of small mechanization, along with farmers’ organizations and representatives, to explore potential pathways and identify priority actions necessary to formulate national strategic plans. A high-level national workshop titled “Petite Mécanisation Agricole – Vision 2030 en Tunisie” was organized in Tunisia, on June 25th. The workshop brought together participants from the public and private sectors, farmers’ organizations, and research institutions. The objective of the workshop was twofold: first, to identify pathways and concrete priority actions, including Public Private and People Partnerships (PPPPs), needed for the development of the sector of scale-appropriate mechanization in Tunisia; and second, to support ICARDA and its National Agricultural Research System (NARES) in Tunisia in identifying priority investments of the CGIAR Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program (MFL SP) to further support such an important national orientation.