Akissa Bahri

[1] She has previously been Director for Africa at the International Water Management Institute (2005–2010), Coordinator of the African Water Facility at the African Development Bank (2010–2015), and Director of Research at the National Research Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Water, and Forestry (INRGREF) in Tunis, Tunisia (2016–2017).

[2][3][4] Akissa Bahri attended primary school at Lycée de Jeunes Filles Armand Fallieres in Tunis and high school at Lycée Carnot, Tunis.

[6] She has conducted research on irrigation systems and degradation of soil resources.

She came up with solutions to provide farmers and rural development offices with methodologies for monitoring soil.

[7] As of 2019 Bahri is on the Board of Trustees of the JRS Biodiversity Foundation[2] and a member of the International Advisory Committee of the UNU-Institute on Water, Health and Environment.