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Akissa Bahri (Akiça Bahri) is a Tunisian agricultural engineer, a former professor at the National Agricultural Institute of Tunisia, and the current Agriculture Minister of Tunisia.
Women In Science: Inspiring Stories from Africa
, 2016, p.4 She has previously been Director for Africa at the
Akissa Bahri (Akiça Bahri) is a Tunisian agricultural engineer, a former professor at the National Agricultural Institute of Tunisia, and the current Agriculture Minister of Tunisia.Network of African Science Academies The Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) was formed in December 2001 as an independent forum for African science academies to discuss scientific issues of common concern.
Member academies are:
* African Academy of Sciences
* Cameroon Academ ...
Women In Science: Inspiring Stories from Africa
, 2016, p.4 She has previously been Director for Africa at the
International Water Management Institute
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(2005–2010), Coordinator of the African Water Facility at the African Development Bank
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(2010–2015), and Director of Research at the National Research Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Water, and Forestry (INRGREF) in Tunis, Tunisia (2016–2017).
Life
Akissa Bahri attended primary school at Lycée de Jeunes Filles Armand Fallieres inTunis
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and high school at Lycée Carnot, Tunis. She studied agricultural engineering in Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...
, gained an engineering doctorate from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse
Toulouse Institute of Technology (also called National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse or INPT) is a French university cluster based in Toulouse, France, part of University of Toulouse. It was founded in 1969. The institute is composed of seven ...
, and then gained a Ph.D. in Water Resources Engineering from Lund University
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, budget = SEK 9 billion Akissa Bahri: Biography
/ref> Bahri's research focuses on water quality and water use efficiency, especially in Tunisia; her publications include ''Managing the other side of the water cycle: Making wastewater an asset'' published by the
/ref> Bahri's research focuses on water quality and water use efficiency, especially in Tunisia; her publications include ''Managing the other side of the water cycle: Making wastewater an asset'' published by the
Global Water Partnership
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Technical Committee.
As of 2019 Bahri is on the Board of Trustees of the JRS Biodiversity Foundation and a member of the International Advisory Committee of the UNU-Institute on Water, Health and Environment. Bahri is also a member of the Governing Council of the African Academy of Sciences
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The AAS elects fellows ( FAAS) and affiliates. The AAS also awards the Obasanjo Prize for Scientific Discovery and ...
, and the Human Rights & Science Advisory Board.
On 2 September 2020, Bahri became the Agriculture Minister of Tunisia.
Awards
In 1993 Bahri was awarded the IFS/King Baudouin Award by the International Foundation for Science. In 2009 she was awarded the "Prof. C.N.R. Rao Prize for Scientific Research" by the World Academy of Sciences, for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries. In 2018 Bahri won theInternational Water Association
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'Women in Water' award, for her "outstanding life-time professional contribution to the international water sector in work, projects and research".
Notable works
* 'Managing Change to Implement Integrated Urban Water Management in African Cities', ''Aquatic Procedia'' (6), 2016. A. Bahri, F. Brikke, and K. Vairavamoorthy. *''Milestones in Water Reuse – The best success stories''. Edited by Valentina Lazarova,Takashi Asano
is a Japanese-born environmental engineer and a professor emeritus at the University of California, Asano has more than 40 years of academic and professional experience in environmental and water resources engineering, specializing in water rec ...
, Akissa Bahri and John Anderson, 2013.
* ''Wastewater irrigation and health: assessing and mitigating risk in low-income countries.'' Edited by Pay Drechsel, Christopher A. Scott, Liqa Raschid-Sally, Mark Redwood, and Akissa Bahri, 2010.
*''Water Reuse for Irrigation: Agriculture, Landscapes, and Turf Grass''. Edited by Valentina Lazarova and Akissa Bahri, 2005.
References
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