(Ecofin Agency) - Tunisian State Secretary in charge of land affairs, Mabrouk Korchid, announced on Dec 28, 2016, airing on Shems FM that 14,000 ha of State lands had been effectively recovered.

The State has recovered 14,000 hectares of Public lands that were illegally occupied by citizens. Overall, 64,000 hectares of these lands were occupied illegally, Korchid said.

Aiming to boost land’s contribution to the economy, which suffered Arab Spring and terrorist attacks, the Tunisian government initiated a land-recovery operation which already allowed for more than 68,000 ha of agricultural lands to return to the State.

Souha Touré