“The crisis of thirst and the high cost of living sparks the anger of farmers in Tunisia!” Warnings about the decline in dam stocks and its impact on the new agricultural season!

The water scarcity crisis and the high cost of agricultural production top the concerns of the Tunisian street and professionals in the interior governorates during the month ofOctober 2026Amid warnings issued by independent agricultural bodies and voices fromTunisian oppositionRegarding the decline in the filling rate of Tunisian dams to critical levels with the beginning of the new sowing season.

Tunisian union and professional sources reported that small farmers in the states ofKairouan, Sidi Bouzid, Kasserine, and BejaThey face double difficulties in securing excellent seeds, fertilizers and fodder at reasonable prices, in addition to the continuation of the water quotas system and the alternating cuts of drinking water and irrigation in a number of urban and rural areas.

Warnings of bleeding migration and abandonment of agricultural lands

Reports indicateTunisian Forum for Economic and Social RightsOpposition platforms abroad indicated that the absence of an effective investment strategy for water desalination and the renewal of worn-out distribution networks led to the loss of more than30 percentOf the available water resources, which threatens the country’s food security and raises the grain import bill in hard currency.

Tunisian professionals and activists called for giving top priority to supporting small farmers and exempting agricultural inputs from customs duties, warning that neglect of the Tunisian countryside fuels waves of internal displacement and irregular migration of young people towards the European bank.