OpenAID - AICS - XM-DAC-6-4-013244-06-5

LOD data

MAWARID (resources): Managing Agriculture, WAste and water to Reach an Inclusive Development

Tunisia

Status

Implementation

Aid type

Project-type interventions

Tunisia

Location

€ 2,000,000
Committed

€ 1,400,000
Used

Description

The Mawarid initiative works in the Governorate of Ben Arous, Tunisia, to address the nexus between sustainable agricultural production, food security and nutrition. Through a set of actions aimed at adapting agriculture to climate change and the increasing scarcity of resources, the project intends to promote the dissemination of sustainable agricultural practices and the reuse of available resources, focusing mainly on purified wastewater and organic waste, as well as supporting agricultural incomes through the marketing of products with high nutritional quality. The main target of the initiative is a group of farmers who will be accompanied in the agroecological transition, with the aim of reducing the environmental impact of their production. In parallel, environmental awareness is expected to have a positive impact on the nutrition of children, especially school children, through the connection between sustainable agricultural production and school canteens. The project stems from the urgent need to intervene on land and water resources, which are suffering from the combined effects of climate crises and the current agricultural production model, characterized by high consumption of water and chemicals. The partnership, led by ARCS with its vast experience in the dissemination of agroecology in the region, involves a number of well-established partners, such as the Regional Commissariat for Agriculture of Ben Arous, the public company ‘è-comune’ of Nuoro (already involved in waste reuse projects in Tunisia) the Tunisian Permaculture Association, the John Paul II Foundation (ARCS's partner in agricultural commercialization projects in other countries), the company Aqa of Mantua (specialized in water resource management), the Municipality of Mantua (for environmental issues, nutrition and organization of services) and Equo Garantito (for commercialization). At the local level, the project takes advantage of the established relationships with the Regional Education Commissariat, the Agricultural Dissemination and Training Agency, the Women's Agricultural Development Groups and the Office National de l'Assainissement, already collaborators of ARCS in past projects. It also involves five municipalities in the region in the creation of organic waste composting units, the agricultural training centre in Ouzra (which will house the agroecological products storage unit) and the Agricultural Training Centre in Chbedda for experimentation. The planned activities aim to improve adaptation to climate change, strengthen the skills of the agricultural sector, protect biodiversity and improve the nutritional quality of products, as well as ensure greater and more sustainable water availability, soil quality, increased incomes and new job opportunities read more close

Year	Committed	Used
2025	€ 2,000,000	€ 1,400,000

Agency

Type	Name	Channel code
Government	AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development	11000

Channel reported

Type	Name	Channel code
National NGO	ARCS - ARCI CULTURE SOLIDALI ONLUS	22000

Project data

IATI IdentifierXM-DAC-6-4-013244-06-5
CRS Activity identifier2025040233
AID013244/06/5
Planned start 2025/05/01
Planned End 2028/04/30
Actual start 2025/06/27
Actual end -
Bi/Multilateral Bilateral
Status Implementation
Tied status Tied

Sectors

Policy markers

Gender Equality significant objective
Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) not targeted
Disability not targeted
Nutrition significant objective
Aid to Environment principal objective
Participatory Development/Good Governance not targeted
Trade Development significant objective
Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity significant objective
Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Framework Convention on Climate Change - Mitigation significant objective
Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Framework Convention on Climate Change - Adaptation principal objective
Aid Targeting the Objectives of the Convention to Combat Desertification significant objective
Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (RMNCH) not targeted

SDGs

12.2 - By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
12.5 - By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
2.3 - By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
2.4 - By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality
6.6 - By 2020, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
6.a - By 2030, expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies