مجلة دراسات في الاقتصاد وإدارة الأعمال

Food Security In Algeria: Deploying Climate-smart Agriculture Amid Water Scarcity And Population Growth.

Auteurs : Sid Fatima Zohra . Bahlouli Ahmed . Hallam Zouaouia .

Résumé

This study addresses Algeria's critical need to shift from traditional agricultural expansion to digital intensification via Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). Drawing on Boserupian theory, it frames demographic growth and severe water stress-evidenced by a 50% loss in irrigation networks-as structural catalysts for innovation rather than a Malthusian burden. Integrating remote sensing, AI, and hybrid agrivoltaics boosts the Water Use Efficiency (WUE) index by up to 47% and narrows the national wheat yield gap. However, scaling this digital transition to sustain agriculture's 10%–13% GDP contribution faces five structural bottlenecks, chiefly high upfront costs and lacking real-time agro-advisories for smallholders. To bypass these hurdles, the study advocates for 'Environmental Livelihood Security' via integrated Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus governance, driven by targeted financial incentives for agritech startups and localized IoT networks for dynamic climate monitoring.

Mots clés

Keywords : Food Security, Water Scarcity, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Digital Intensification, Climate Decoupling, Population Growth