Figs are a signature crop. in Tunisia. The fruit is part of a Mediterranean research project, FIGGEN, to assess how the trees thrive while climate changes are causing other crops to fail. The study aims to plant a seed for preserving the biodiversity of increasingly arid ecosystems.
Video by Sofiene Lahdheri and Noor Elloumi
Discover the story "Can Fig Trees Help us Adapt to a Changing Climate?"
here.
Written and photographed by Rebecca Marshall