Day: July 12, 2024

Nabeul: The quantities of grain harvested in the governorate of Nabeul reached 94.7 thousand quintals since the start of the harvest till July 11, a progress rate of 90%.

The harvested quantities are broken down into durum wheat (86.136 thousand quintals), soft wheat (364 quintals) and barley (8.2 quintals), head of the field crops department at the Regional Agricultural Union Mohamed Charef Ben Maaouia told TAP.

According to preliminary estimates, the harvest in the region is expected to reach 686,000 quintals this season, made up of 380,000 quintals of durum wheat, 30,000 quintals of soft wheat, 271,000 quintals of barley and 4,000 quintals of rapeseed.

The grain harvest in 2023 was 26,000 quintals, compared with the forecast production of 150,000 quintals.

The area devoted to field crops in the governorate of Nabeul stands at almost 70 thousand hectares, including 23,730 hectares of rain-fed land and 1,910 hectares of irrigated land (durum wheat), 2,040 hectares of soft wheat and 18,070 hectares of bar
ley, i.e. an area of 45,750 hectares devoted to grain-growing and 2,429 hectares to vegetables and pastures, including 750 hectares of rapeseed, he specified.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Sfax: A financing agreement for the Oued Chaabouni industrial zone rehabilitation project in Sfax was signed on July 11 in Tunis with the German Development Bank (KFW) as part of the Investment for Employment (IFE) initiative launched by the German government.

The project consists in particular in upgrading the infrastructure of the Oued Chaabouni industrial zone, first delegate in charge of managing the affairs of the governorate of Sfax Mohamed Nefti Gadouda said.

Works include notably the renovation of roads, electricity and sanitation networks, as well as car parks at a cost of TND 11 million, he added.

The project is expected to create 397 jobs and improve working conditions for 3,325 employees.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

SOUSSE: The Transport Company of the Coast (French: STS) started operating regular land transport line services by bus linking the governorates of Mahdia, Monastir, Sousse and Nabeul, in transit through the Enfidha-Hammamet International Airport.

According to a report issued by TAV-Tunisie, the airport’s company will provide two daily services between the aforementioned governorates, transiting through the airport, which will significantly contribute to boosting its dynamics and connecting it to coastal cities.

Similarly, the number of shuttles between Enfidha-Hammamet International Airport and Enfidha city will be increased to eight per day, according to the same source.

An inauguration ceremony was held, on Thursday, at the Enfidha-Hammamet International Airport, under the supervision of the governor of Sousse and in the presence of the Director General of STS and officials of TAV-Tunisia.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: The success rate for the baccalaureate exam session has stood at 43.52%, i.e. 17,912 graduates out of a total of 4,115 candidates.

The overall success rate for the 2024 baccalaureate is therefore 55.6%, the Ministry of Education announced on Thursday.

The success rates for the resit session vary from one section to another.

The Sport section stood out with the highest pass rate for the resit session, at 62.54%.

A total of 217 candidates passed the exam, bringing the overall success rate for this section to 87.7%.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: Banning the sale of tobacco to minors and increasing taxes to step up tobacco control in Tunisia are among the main recommendations made by World Health Organisation (WHO) representative in Tunisia Olfa Saïdi at a working session held on Thursday by the Committee on Health, Family, Social Affairs and the Disabled and the Committee on Finance and Budget.

During the session, which was attended by experts and representatives from the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the WHO Office in Tunisia, Olfa Saïdi pointed out the shortcomings of Tunisian anti-smoking legislation, notably with regard to the ban on the sale of tobacco to minors.

During her presentation on tobacco control in Tunisia, “realities and challenges,” she touched on a number of figures and indicators related to this phenomenon, which costs Tunisia TND 2 billion a year.

On this occasion, the members of the WHO delegation reaffirmed the organisation’s willingness to collaborate with the MPs of the Assembly of People’s Re
presentatives (ARP) to work on improving the legislative framework in the health field.

They underlined the need to pool efforts and reinforce dialogue between researchers and decision-makers in order to define objectives based on accurate and realistic data.

For their part, the MEPs acknowledged the seriousness of smoking and the need to establish effective mechanisms to reduce it and protect young people, pointing out the importance of sport as an alternative, calling for more investment in this sector and increased public awareness of the issue, notably in interior regions.

Some MPs also spoke of the worsening health system in Tunisia, WHO’s poor performance, notably in terms of training and supervision, the lack of prevention systems and the organisation’s lack of intervention in this field.

Several MPs denounced the WHO’s failure to fulfil its responsibilities towards the Palestinian people, who have been victims of the Israeli bombardments in Gaza.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: Tunisia has signed 21 bilateral agreements in the field of social security for the benefit of Tunisian expatriates with 5 Arab countries and 16 European countries including Italy, France and Italy,» the social Affairs Ministry said in a statement.

The agreements seek to anchor the principle of equal treatment between citizens in the two countries in terms of rights and duties.

These agreements make it possible to preserve acquired rights and transferring benefits and entitlements and dues to countries of residence.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse