title: [Tunsia: a pilot project on the conversion of tobacco farm production to more diversified agricultural crops].
abstract: The objective of the project which is presented in this article was to reconvert tobacco farms into agricultural endeavours which produce crops which are non-harmful to health, simultaneously allowing for agricultural development within a forestry ecosystem. The team, therefore, proposed an experimental pilot project to replace tobacco farms with other crops, namely fodder, tree and market crops. Fodder crops allow farms to reduce the burden put on the natural resources by the various types of farming present in the area. Furthermore, this policy contributes to the increase in revenue from those farms benefiting from the project and established a community structure for managing the project, which could become an Agricultural Development Cooperative at the close of the project.
authors.affiliation: Associatrion Tunisienne Contre le Cancer Immeuble SNIT, Tunis. bz.rym@planet.tn
authors.forename: Rym
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ben Zid
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014026:Nicotiana; D019460:Tobacco Industry; D014416:Tunisia