Background
Missions
Contact
Historique
1957 : setting up of the
forestry research station in Tunis and the arboretum network in various
regions of the country.
1959 : founding the first
Tunisian research centre on water ( CREGR).
1962 : setting up the research
centre on the use of salty waters in irrigation ( CRUESI) with the assistance
of the United Nations special fund and the UNESCO.
1965 : setting up the Institute
of reforestation in Tunis with the help of the United Nations special
fund.
1966 : setting up of the
National Institute of forestry researches by virtue of the finance law
66-79 dated December 29, 1966.
1970 : merger between the
CRUESI project on salinity and the CREGR to give birth to the CRGR which
is a multidisciplinary research institution.
1996 : setting up the National
Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests ( INRGREF)b y virtue
of the finance law dated December 29, 1996. This institute is the merger
between the INRF and the CRGR, it is financially autonomous and comes
under the authority of the IRESA.
The INRGREF employs presently 45 permenant researchers,
26 technicians, 11 administrative staff and 334 qualified farming workers.
Missions
The National Institute of Researches on Rural Engineering, Water and
Forests’ missions are:
Contributing to the drafting of the national research policy in the
field of water, forests and rural engineering.
Organizing and carrying out scientific researches on the above mentioned
sector.
Contributing to the protection, conservation and rationalizing the use
of natural resources in the rural environment.
Valorizing the results of researches and the scientific know-how.
Contact
Institution : National
Institute of Researches on Rural Engineering, Water and Forests
Acronym : INRGREF
Organism : public
Adress : B.P N°10 2080 Ariana TUNISIE.
Tel : +216 71 709 033 / +216 71 719 630
Web site : http://www.mes.tn
Responsible : M. Managing director of the INRGREF

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