Tunifert and Seabex Announce Strategic Partnership to Boost Tunisian Food Sovereignty
Tunifert, a subsidiary of the SEPCM Group, the Tunisian leader in crop protection, fertilizers, seeds, and technical assistance to farmers, has announced a strategic partnership with Seabex, a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI)-based agricultural solutions.
A Commitment to Tunisian Food Sovereignty
Through this partnership, Tunifert and the SEPCM Group are publicly affirming their commitment to Tunisian food sovereignty, placing innovation, data, and farmer support at the heart of the transformation of the cereal sector. This partnership marks a first in Tunisia in the field of large-scale crops, combining high-performance local seeds, field agronomic expertise, and cutting-edge artificial intelligence to digitalize the entire cereal value chain, from the agricultural plot to strategic management of the sector.
Deployment of Seabex Solutions
Seabex's solutions will be gradually deployed on thousands of hectares, mainly in durum wheat, a strategic crop for the country. The goal is to build a more efficient, resilient, and autonomous cereal sector capable of sustainably addressing Tunisia's climate, economic, and food challenges.
Key Objectives of the Partnership
This partnership will enable:
- Strengthening farmer capacities through AI-based decision-making tools adapted to local realities
- Optimizing yields and productivity through advanced agronomic analysis and better risk anticipation
- Improving resource management (water, fertilization, inputs) and reducing waste in a context of increasing water stress
- Increasing resilience to climate and phytosanitary hazards by securing technical routes
- Building a massive and contextualized agronomic database, a strategic asset for the sector
- Contributing to sustainable cereal self-sufficiency, an essential pillar of national food sovereignty
Quotes from Key Stakeholders
- "This partnership with SEABEX MEA strengthens the Tunisian cereal sector through AI tools that enable risk anticipation, optimization of cultural interventions, and sustainable improvement of yields on thousands of hectares," said Imène Ben Jemia, General Manager of Tunifert.
- "As the Tunisian leader in the agricultural sector, the SEPCM Group invests in innovative solutions to modernize agriculture and sustainably strengthen the cereal sector. This partnership perfectly illustrates our DNA focused on innovation and our commitment to national food sovereignty," added Hedi Doghri, General Manager of the SEPCM Group.
- "This partnership with Tunifert and the SEPCM Group illustrates a strategic vision resolutely focused on the future of Tunisian agriculture. By putting artificial intelligence and data at the heart of the cereal sector, we contribute to sustainably strengthening the country's food sovereignty, securing national production, and equipping farmers and sector players with modern decision-making tools based on reliable and contextualized data," explained Taher Mestiri, President of Seabex.
- "Proud of this partnership, the real challenge is not just to equip the plot, but to structure a cereal sector capable of piloting, projecting, and deciding collectively based on measurable facts. The most sustainable transformations in agriculture are often invisible: they begin with the reliability of data and trust in decision-making," added Amira Cheniour, General Manager of Seabex MEA.
Partnership Details
As part of this partnership, TUNIFERT, recognized for the quality of its services and selected and adapted seeds, will make these technologies available to its network of partner farmers. This approach aims to raise the technical level of farms, secure agricultural incomes, and promote more sustainable agricultural practices.
A Forward-Looking Vision
Beyond supporting farmers, this partnership also reflects the SEPCM Group's forward-looking vision, which chooses digitalization, data, and artificial intelligence to strengthen its strategic management capacity of the Tunisian cereal sector. The massive aggregation of contextualized agronomic data will improve planning, risk anticipation, and decision-making at the sector level, contributing to the country's resilience and food autonomy.
