CURRENT SITUATION AGRO FOOD INDUSTRY
Agricultural production in 2009
• Olive oil: 51,000 tons
• Fruits: 25,000 tons
• Vegetables: 490,000 tons
• Red meat: 10,500 tons
• White meat: 4300 tons
• Milk: 81,000 tons
• Honey: 48.4 tons
Processing units
• 21 industrial companies (10 jobs
3 more) which are totally exporting
• 3 units of double concentrated tomato
• 2 units drying tomatoes
• Biological tree crops (almonds, pistachios, ...)
• The biological production of olive oil
• The production of organic table olive
• Early and late vegetables
• Fruit crops against season
• The organic sheep type "Nejdi"
• Cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants organically (Jojoba)
• Organic Beekeeping
NATIONAL STRATEGY
• Increase the area reserved for
organic crops to reach 53,000 ha
olive-majority (50 000 ha).
• Establish a "Tunisian label" for
agricultural products to the markets
outside.
• Optimize the complementarity between
scientific research and agricultural production
Given its strengths, its wealth and its potential and on the basis of studies
strategic sector and agricultural map of niches within the
following areas have been identified for the governorate of Sidi Bouzid:
SLOT HOLDERS IN DEVELOPING AREAS
FOLLOWING:
1 - AGRICULTURE
2 - FOOD INDUSTRIES
3 - IMCCV (USEFUL SUBSTANCES)
4 - TOURISM
5 - SERVICES
6 - CRAFT