Abstract
The cereal sector is of great importance to Tunisian agriculture: it covers large areas, assures the necessary food production, and creates jobs either directly or indirectly. The area sown to cereals is 30–40% of the total arable land, i.e. an average 1.6 M ha.
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Bouzaidi, A. (1991). Cereal Cropping and Supplemental Irrigation in Tunisia. In: Perrier, E.R., Salkini, A.B., Ward, C.F. (eds) Supplemental Irrigation in the Near East and North Africa. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3766-9_27
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