ISA CM

Institut Supérieur Agronomique de Chott Mariem (ISA-CM)

ISA-CM is a part of the University of Sousse. It is also supervised by the ministry of Agriculture (IRESA). It was created in 1975. The ISA-CM is organized into five departments 1) Department of Animal Resources, Agri-Food and Rural Development 2) Science Horticulture 3) Biological Sciences and Plant Protection,4) Engineering of Horticultural Systems and Natural Environment, and 5) landscape. The institute provides agricultural higher education to engineers according to a multidisciplinary and integrated training pathway. It is also involved in master’s and doctoral studies in Agronomy and Environment. Five disciplines are concerned 1) Vegetable Productions and Biotechnologies 2) Animal Production and animal products quality. 3) Landscape. 4) Soil, Water and Environments 5) Plant protection and environment. Moreover, the institute is involved in research concerning sustainable agriculture. It is also implicated in research concerning organic farming. This research is managed under six research structures. The research laboratory “Animal production and sustainable development in semi-arid regions” is one of them and supports the Project. Its research activities concerned mainly development of sustainable animal production systems in semi-arid and arid regions, exposed to high climate change risk. ISA consolidated collaboration with several partners from Europ, Asia and Africa through international projects (PRIMA, H2020, ERASMUS, COMON, KAFACI, PHC, Cross-border Project ...), to promote research. ISA-CM is involved in different Erasmus projects (CLICHA, MEHMED) dealing with climate change and agriculture. ISA collaborates with different technical centers, development organizations and associations to promote the different agricultural sectors, and especially the livestock sector.

Tunisian Team Memeber

Pr Linda Majdoub

Pr Mounir Mekki 

Pr Faiza Khebour Allouche

Dr. Rafik Aloulou

Dr Myriam Rouatbi

Dr Mouna Friha

Dr Zayneb Soilhi