Tunisia is launching an entirely digital agricultural census for 2026-2027, to begin before the end of 2026. Agents equipped with connected tablets will map every farm across the 24 governorates using a geolocated database, for an estimated budget of 5 million dinars. Results will be available before the 2027-2028 season.
What is this fully digital agricultural census?
webdo puts the cost of the project at around 5 million dinars.
Tunisia is about to experience a first: a fully digital general agricultural census, an unprecedented change of method in the sector's history. The announced timetable sets a launch before the end of 2026, for an operation covering the 2026-2027 period.
Authorities plan to complete the entire census before the start of the 2027-2028 agricultural season, in order to build a reference database and modern digital indicators for the sector.
How will data collection be carried out in the field?
According to webdo, the 2026-2027 agricultural census will rely on entirely digital data collection in the field. Field agents will be equipped with tablets connected to a geolocated database, recording each farm by its exact location. The system is designed to cover the whole country, with collection rolled out across all 24 governorates.
webdo puts the cost of the project at around 5 million dinars. The budget covers the rollout of the tablets and the creation of the geolocated database, the central tools of an operation billed as fully digital.
Why does this change of method matter for the sector?
Beyond the technical feat, this shift to all-digital has a deeper purpose: building a reference database for the agricultural sector. Information that was until now scattered or partial is meant to be organised into a single, up-to-date foundation that future work, including sector studies, can draw on.
This database comes with modern digital indicators, designed to feed into strategic planning for the agricultural sector. For public authorities and industry professionals alike, having structured, up-to-date data changes the very nature of the decisions made: they would be based on a current picture of the ground, rather than on outdated estimates.
Once collection is complete, it is this up-to-date picture of the ground, not partial estimates, that will guide decisions.
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