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The Institute of Arid Regions in Medenine (IRA) is a Tunisian research establishment set up under the Law of 6 January 1976 . Its headquarters are located in the city of Medenine (south-east of the country) but it is attached to the University of Gabes .
Its main missions are:
-Carrying out research necessary for the development of the agricultural sector ;
-Training and refresher courses for technicians and researchers specialized in aridology and combating desertification ;
-Participation in extension and technical supervision of the agricultural sector for the conservation of natural resources and their protection against the risk of desertification;
-Carrying out studies of integrated development projects at the national, subregional, regional and international levels;
-Animation and coordination of the activities and work of various bodies involved in arid regions.

IRA has five laboratories. The research program of the agricultural economics and rural societies laboratory is devoted mainly to the management and access modes to the natural resources under crisis conditions: climate change and external shocks, contribute to the evaluation of the development experiences of the arid regions and provide decision-making tools for development actions based on the integration of the strategies of the various group actors and their regulation capacities.

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water economics, irrigated perimeters, climate change, oases area, water use association,