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Sami Bouarfa
Affiliation : Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement · Université de Montpellier · AgroParisTech · Institut Agro Montpellier · Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement · Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages
- 46Publications (affiliation in France)
- 221Total publications
- 1395Citations
- 23h-index
Research profile
Sami Bouarfa has 46 indexed publications (1999–2026). Their work appears mainly in “Irrigation and Drainage”, “HAL” and “Cahiers Agricultures”. Their most cited article, “Managing Mediterranean soil resources under global change: expected trends and mitigation strategies” (2017), has been cited 76 times. 8 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Switzerland.
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Create my free profile Add my publicationsResearch areas
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Engineering and Agricultural Innovations
- Water resources management and optimization
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
Publications (46)
- One water? In pursuit of water circularity in Moroccan Oases
- Rethinking the modernization of pressurized networks: Lessons from a case study in the Gharb (Morocco)
- Basin closure and water circularity: a pathway analysis from Oum Er Rbia river basin, Morocco
- Exploring the combination of agroecological and conventional farming practices through the hybrid farming concept
- An engineering approach to support user-led innovation in improving the performance of artisanal irrigation pivots in the Algerian Sahara
- Conjunctive use of floodwater harvesting for managed aquifer recharge and irrigation on a date farm in Morocco
- Managed groundwater recharge at the farm scale in pre-Saharan Morocco
- Penser la gestion de l’eau à l’échelle territoriale dans les oasis du Maroc : le cas de Ferkla
- Pomper ou disparaître : le dilemme du renforcement des khettaras par le pompage solaire dans les oasis du Maroc
- Water accounting in the Berrechid plain (Morocco): A process approach
- The challenges of Process Engineering for the reuse of treated wastewater within INRAE’s REUSE network - the need for a multidisciplinary and multi-scale approach
- Assessing farmer field schools process to improve the participation of local actors: a case study in Tunisia
- Managed groundwater recharge at the farm scale in pre-Saharan Morocco
- Open innovation Hub for Irrigation Systems in Mediterranean agriculture (HubIS): a mid-term perspective on a Research and Development project
- Learning from the past to build the future governance of groundwater use in agriculture
- Agroecology in a semi-arid Mediterranean area: from real practices to integrated agroecological systems?
- From Oasis Archipelago to Pioneering Eldorado in Algeria's Sahara
- Connecting Drip Irrigation Performance to Farmers’ Practices: The Case of Greenhouse Horticulture in the Algerian Sahara
- Expérimenter la concertation : une clé pour des politiques environnementales plus efficaces ? Une démarche multi-acteurs innovante en Tunisie centrale
- Participation in a Complex and Conflicting Context: Implementing a Shared Diagnosis in a Northern Tunisia Irrigation Scheme
- Managing Mediterranean soil resources under global change: expected trends and mitigation strategies
- Considering groundwater use to improve the assessment of groundwater pumping for irrigation in North Africa
- Contribution de la nappe phréatique à l'alimentation hydrique du palmier dattier (Phoenix dactylifera) dans les zones oasiennes
- Topical Collection: Groundwater-based agriculture in the Mediterranean
- Overlapping Groundwater Service Markets in a Palm Grove in the Algerian Sahara
- Greenhouses and men: Farm holdings favouring territorial expansion and upward socio professional mobility on a Saharan pioneer front in Algeria
- Des serres et des hommes : des exploitations motrices de l'expansion territoriale et de l'ascension socioprofessionnelle sur un front pionnier de l'agriculture saharienne en Algérie
- A generation looking for opportunities and recognition: young rural people and their pathways into irrigated agriculture in North Africa
- Environmental Impacts of Contrasted Groundwater Pumping Systems Assessed by Life Cycle Assessment Methodology: Contribution to the Water–Energy Nexus Study
- Subterranean waters, a source of dignity as well as a social resource: The case of farmers on the Saïss plain of Morocco
- DRAINAGE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT IN A MODERNIZED OASIS SYSTEM
- GROUNDWATER IN IRRIGATION SYSTEMS: FROM MENACE TO MAINSTAY
- HOW DOES UNEQUAL ACCESS TO GROUNDWATER CONTRIBUTE TO MARGINALIZATION OF SMALL FARMERS? THE CASE OF PUBLIC LANDS IN ALGERIA
- Les " marchés " de l'eau et de la terre dans la plaine de la Mitidja en Algérie : opportunités et fragilités
- La reconversion à l'utilisation des eaux souterraines pour l'irrigation et ses risques dans la plaine du Bas-Chéliff (nord-ouest d'Algérie)
- Gestion des ressources en eaux souterraines : sélection d'articles de la 24ème conférence régionale de la Commission Internationale des Irrigations et du Drainage
- Salinity patterns in irrigation systems, a threat to be demystified, a constraint to be managed: field evidence from Algeria and Tunisia
- A crop needs more than a drop: towards a new praxis in irrigation management in North Africa
- Integrating “invisible” farmers in a regional debate on water productivity: The case of informal water and land markets in the Algerian Mitidja plain
- «Scénariologie participative»: une démarche d'apprentissage social pour appréhender l'avenir de l'agriculture irriguée dans la Mitidja (Algérie)
- Irrigation furrow system: A technique to improve drainage and water productivity in the Gharb plain, Morocco
- A crop needs more than a drop: Towards a new praxis in irrigation management in North Africa
- Salinity patterns in irrigation systems, a threat to be demystified, a constraint to be managed: Field evidence from Algeria and Tunisia
- Impacts des pratiques d'irrigation sur le ruissellement au niveau de la plaine du Gharb
- Drainage Design in the Gharb Plain in Morocco
- Station des expérimentations hydro-agricoles de Souk Tlet (Maroc) : pour l'acquisition et la diffusion de références sur le drainage et l'irrigation
Publication venues
- Irrigation and Drainage × 14
- HAL × 8
- Cahiers Agricultures × 7
- International Journal of Water Resources Development × 2
- Agricultural Water Management × 2
- Agritrop (Cirad) × 2
Publications per year
- 20261
- 20252
- 20245
- 20233
- 20223
- 20211
- 20201
- 20184
- 20175
- 20153
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II · Institut de Recherche pour le Développement · CRSTRA · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies pour l'Environnement et l'Agriculture
Co-authors’ countries : Morocco · Algeria · Tunisia · Switzerland
Co-authors
- Marcel Kuper
- Serge Marlet
- Guillaume Lacombe
- Yassine Khardi
- Jean‐Yves Jamin
- Hichem Amichi
- Farida Amichi
- Crystèle Léauthaud
- Benoı̂t Dewandel
- Amar Imache
- Nicolas Faysse
- Cédric Chaumont
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