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... National Academy of Sciences, the Tunisian Ministry of Research, Science, Technology and Competency Development and the Tunisian National Institute of Scientific and Technology Research. The overarching objective of the workshop was to focus on the question of how Tunisia and other countries in North Africa and the Middle East marshal their considerable scientific resources to address the problem of insufficient agricultural productivity due to water scarcity.
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... One innovation which has significant potential for the region is the use of regulated deficit irrigation regimes on permanent crops which allow growers to produce high quality yields with very limited water supplies. In all of these presentations and in the related discussions participants recognized that there is much existing science waiting to be applied and utilized in the management of agricultural water.
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