Zebakh S. auteur aut IRD Rhouma A. auteur aut IRD Arvanitis Rigas auteur aut IRD Sadiki M. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access This article reports on the profiles of the National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) in the three Maghreb countries: Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, through their research policies, human resources, governance, funding and scientific production. A bibliometric study was carried out for the three selected countries based on the Scopus database covering the period between 2005 and 2019. The research shows the distinctive case of Tunisian growth of scientific production compared to the other two countries; it also stresses the universities' emergence as a major research actor, thus challenging the predominance of the public mission-oriented institutions dedicated to agriculture and veterinary sciences. Finally, it indicates significant differences between the three countries concerning governance and funding, and human resources. Overall, the NARS in the three countries are still very fragile, and a need for significant changes in the research policy making is certainly required to overcome these shortcomings. specialized Agricultural research bibliometric Algeria Morocco Tunisia scientific production research policy ALGERIE MAROC TUNISIE AFRIQUE DU NORD 116 124 27 3 429-455 2022 0971-7218 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084607 10.1177/09717218221078231 0971-7218 [F B010084607] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084607 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2022-05/010084607.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2022-05-04 2025-11-26 fdi:010084607 fre