Agricultural development strategies in a small economy, the case of Tunisia

Even in the case of the latter, the quality has been low because of limited levels of education and training of the rural population. The Government of Tunisia is attempting to alleviate this problem through sizeable investments in public education. Since achieving its independence, Tunisia has devoted nearly one-third of its public investments to education. Improving the quality of its most abundant resource, human capital, through public support of education has been its principal overall strategy for total economic development. While much of Tunisia"s agricultural resources must be considered marginal relative to other countries endowed with a more favorable climate, agriculture has figured high in Tunisia"s development plans because much of its limited resources are in this sector.