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About Aymen
Aymen Frija is an agricultural economist with ICARDA’s Social, Economic and Policy Research Team. He is also the coordinator of ICARDA’s activities in Tunisia and Algeria. His current research interests focus on farm modeling, farm efficiency and productivity analysis, agricultural water management instruments, institutional performance analysis, and the economics of conservation agriculture.
Earlier in his career, Dr. Frija was a post-doctoral researcher at Ghent University in Belgium, specializing in agricultural water policy analysis in developing countries. He was also an assistant professor and researcher at the College of Agriculture of Mograne, Carthage University in Tunisia. His publications records can be found at Google Scholar, SCOPUS, OCRID, and Research Gate.
Aymen Frija's Publications

Assessing pastoral reforms through the performance of Agro-Pastoral Community-Based Organizations in south Tunisia
January 01, 2025
Journal Article

Conservation Agriculture Boosts Soil Health, Wheat Yield, and Nitrogen Use Efficiency After Two Decades of Practice in Semi-Arid Tunisia
November 23, 2024
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Methodological guidelines for a rapid appraisal of agricultural innovation systems under agroecology (RAAIS-AE)
November 13, 2024
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Manure contribution to rural livelihoods at farm and landscape levels: a systemic approach in semi-arid Central Tunisia
October 27, 2024
Journal Article

A system readiness approach to support the packaging and scaling of innovation bundles for farming systems transformation
October 10, 2024
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Are farmer organizations effective intermediaries and facilitators of agricultural innovations processes? Evidence from Tunisia
September 13, 2024
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A contextual ICT model to explain adoption of mobile applications in developing countries: A case study of Tunisia
October 26, 2023
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Projecting wheat demand in China and India for 2030 and 2050: Implications for food security
January 26, 2023
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Assessing the sustainability of livestock socio-ecosystems in the drylands through a set of indicators
February 24, 2022
Journal Article

Historical Review and Future Opportunities for Wider Scaling of Conservation Agriculture in Tunisia
January 26, 2022
Book Chapter

Socio-Economic Implications and Potential Structural Adaptations of the Tunisian Agricultural Sector to Climate Change
October 21, 2021
Journal Article

Patterns of Use of Residue Biomass in Cereal–Sheep Production Systems of North Africa: Case of Tunisia
June 30, 2021
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Prospects for stakeholder cooperation in effective implementation of enhanced rangeland restoration techniques in southern Tunisia
January 04, 2021
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Towards an innovative olive oil value chain: Options for inclusive development in South-Eastern Tunisia
June 17, 2020
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Water-Saving Technologies and Total Factor Productivity Growth in Small Horticultural Farms in Algeria
January 28, 2020
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Agricultural growth and sex-disaggregated employment in Africa: Future perspectives under different investment scenarios
January 17, 2020
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The water use efficiency and its determinants in small horticultural farms in Algeria
October 01, 2019
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Dynamics of rural livelihoods and rainfall variability in Northern Ethiopian Highlands
July 08, 2019
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Analysis of the competitiveness of wheat and orange in Tunisia under water shortage scenarios
June 01, 2019
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Estimation of the economic loss due to irrigation water use inefficiency in Tunisia
February 22, 2019
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Efficiency Change, Technological Progress and Sources of Long Term Agricultural Productivity Growth in Selected MENA Countries
August 30, 2018
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Typology analysis of sheep production, feeding systems and farmers strategies for livestock watering in Tunisia
March 31, 2018
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Mapping Social Networks for Performance Evaluation of Irrigation Water Management in Dry Areas
April 30, 2017
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Farmers’ Adaptation to Groundwater Shortage in the Dry Areas: Improving Appropriation or Enhancing Accommodation?
December 19, 2016
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Gestion de l’usage d’une nappe par un groupement d’agriculteurs: l’expérience de Bsissi Oued El Akarit en Tunisie
October 02, 2016
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Measurement of the total factor productivity and its determinants: the case of the wheat sector in Tunisia
June 27, 2016
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Impact of improving water-use efficiency on its valuation: The case of irrigated wheat production in Tunisia
June 16, 2016
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Performance evaluation of ground water management instruments: The case of irrigation sector in Tunisia
February 17, 2016
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Les performances des petites exploitations irriguées de la basse vallée de la Medjerda en Tunisie
November 28, 2015
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Total Factor Productivity Growth of the Tunisian Agricultural Sector: A review of historical trends and main determinants
October 16, 2015
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Economic efficiency measures and its determinants for irrigated wheat farms in Tunisia: a DEA approach
June 30, 2015
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Performance of small irrigated farms in Tunisia's Lower Medjerda Valley
May 01, 2015
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