ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses a direct outcome of that program and presents the findings of a three-month field research trip to Central Tunisia. The research had as its aim the study of household farming systems in areas where irrigation farming is practiced. The chapter focuses on the organization of household production and the differential access to resources both of individual farmers and of households in Central Tunisia. Travel between the various sites was facilitated by a rented vehicle, and by the kindness and hospitality of the Office de Developement de la Tunisie Central subdivisions and Central Tunisian farm households. Dryland farming is the riskiest and least rewarding but also the most widespread and least labor demanding of the three farming systems in Central Tunisia. In Central Tunisia, peasants' unequal access to land manifests itself both within and among the three farming systems, ranging from those who are virtually landless to those with large parcels of land spread over several locations.
