Water security and food security: virtual water balance sheet
Water in Tunisia
Article REF: W3005 V1
Water security and food security: virtual water balance sheet
Water in Tunisia

Authors : Mustapha BESBES, Jamel CHAHED, Hedi SHAYEB, Abdelkader HAMDANE

Publication date: August 10, 2013 | Lire en français

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3. Water security and food security: virtual water balance sheet

Control over readily available resources is almost complete, and strengthening water security in the future will depend in part on the country's ability to develop the potential to meet demand through :

  • how to make the most of green water resources and optimize virtual water flows;

  • increasing non-conventional resources.

3.1 Virtual water flows and food security

Demographic, social and economic factors will determine the demand for and availability of water resources in the future. After the strong demographic growth of the second half of the 20th century, Tunisia's population growth rate is declining and is expected to stabilize at just under 13 million by 2030. Development...

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