Prof. Ali Rhouma is a project officer at PRIMA foundation responsible for Nexus Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems and Farming systems. He has more than 20 years of experience in agricultural research in the Mediterranean region and led several research and innovation projects and is a co-author and author of 81 publications and 4 National patents. He participated to several European projects aiming to reinforce S&T policy dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean region. He previously worked at IRESA-Ministry of Agriculture - Tunisia as the director of Research Department.