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During COP27, currently taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh(Egypt), Professor Abderraouf Laajimi, Director General of Financing, Investments, and Professional Organizations at "MARHP - Tunisia," presented a study on the challenges of food security in local climate action in Tunisia, titled "Mechanisms for Encouraging Agricultural Investment in Tunisia: What Impact in a Climate Change Context?"

In his intervention, he emphasized the diagnosis of Tunisian agriculture and its constraints. He cited low productivity, high instability, particularly in rain-fed sectors, inadequate product valorization, decreasing farmers' incomes, difficulties in accessing financing, and weak organization of supply chains.

The speaker also highlighted the agricultural sector's impact, primarily due to climate disturbances and resource challenges. This impact is difficult to predict in the medium term, such as the decrease in water balance, increased erosion, significant reductions in annual water resources, and an increase in extreme heat days.

From an economic perspective, he explained how the agricultural sector buffers the effects of economic slowdown and enhances the overall resilience of the economy, especially through investment, which serves as a lever for growth and contributes to food security.

Among the strategies aimed at boosting agriculture in Tunisia is the program for revitalizing investment and modernizing agricultural operations in Tunisia (PRIMEA—AFD Financing), which serves as a support instrument for the state in its additional financial and non-financial efforts to revitalize agricultural investment.

Indeed, PRIMEA is part of an environmental and social management framework that aims to consider the 'climate' dimension in investment, minimize negative effects on resources, preserve the environment, and effectively use natural resources.

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