National Research Institute of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests

Development and Field Validation of WaziSense, a Low-Cost Solar-Powered IoT Smart Tensiometer for Soil–Water Monitoring and Irrigation Scheduling in Semi-Arid Agriculture

Water scarcity in semi-arid regions makes efficient irrigation scheduling a priority, yet farm-level adoption of soil-moisture monitoring remains limited by the cost, low portability and installation complexity of commercial sensing systems. This study presents the development an...

Long-Term Monitoring of Coastal Afforestation Dynamics and Fire-Induced Biomass and Carbon Loss Using Landsat Time Series in Northwestern Tunisia

Coastal dune ecosystems play an essential role in shoreline stabilization, biodiversity conservation, and carbon storage, but they are increasingly threatened by human activities and climate-related disturbances. This study assessed long-term forest vegetation dynamics in restore...