Sarra Kekli

Phone : +33 (0)2 23 48 54 05
sarra.kekli@inrae.fr

PhD topic

International Trade and Water Management in Agriculture: The Case of Tunisia

This thesis examines whether border trade policies can contribute to sustainable agricultural water management in Tunisia. Using a general equilibrium model, the study will analyse how international markets influence irrigation practices, taking into account the country's geographical and hydrological diversity. The aim is to test the effectiveness of trade policies in regulating the use of water resources and their impact on food sovereignty.

Supervisors:

• Angela Cheptea, INRAE, UMR 1302 SMART, 35000 Rennes, France
• Catherine Laroche-Dupraz, L'Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, UMR 1302 SMART, 35000 Rennes, France

Research topics

• International Trade and Agriculture
• Water management
• Economic and Environmental Modeling 

Selected recent publications

• Kekli S.(2024).
  "International Trade of Agricultural Products and Water Use in Agriculture: The Case of Tunisia".
  Master’s Thesis.

• Kekli S.(2023).
  "Design and Application of a Serious Game to Facilitate Dialogue Around Groundwater Resource Management in Tunisia".
  Master’s Thesis.

Work in progress

• GROUND-WAG-ER: An Innovative Role-Playing Game for Debating Groundwater Management Instruments
  Manuscript submitted to the Journal of Innovation Economics & Management, titled "Innovating for Sustainable and Participatory Water Management." This project, co-authored with Martin Boulay, Emeline Hassenforder, Nicolas Faysse, Insaf Mekki, and Lassaâd Albouchi, explores the use of a role-playing game as a participatory tool to discuss and evaluate various groundwater management instruments in a sustainable development context.