By: Andrew Noble, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute Asia Centre, Thailand Publicly owned and managed large-scale irrigation systems (LSIS) dominate the Middle East, West and South Asian countries. LSIS globally comprise 130 million ha out of a total global irrigated area of 320 million ha, not an insignificant asset and investment. The estimated annual economic value with […]
Alternative options for economy wide policy managements: illustrations using CGE models for Tunisia and Morocco
January 13, 2016 By: Mohamed Chemingui- Senior economist and chief of Regional Integration UN-ESCWA Share URL Water constitutes the main constraining factor of agricultural development in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries and particularly in Tunisia and Morocco. The two countries are among the countries where the pressure on water resources is strong with an index of exploitation […]
