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Collective and contextualized strategies to promote resilient and sustainable agricultural production in rural Mediterranean areas
To structurally and sustainably reduce the overexploitation of water resources and improve the income of farming households in Lebanon and Egypt within the context of climate change.
To propose, implement, and evaluate integrated, agronomic, and socio-economic initiatives based on agroecology in order to reduce water dependency in each territory. These initiatives will be designed in consultation with local stakeholders and tailored to the context of the two targeted areas: the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon and the Luxor Governorate in Egypt.
SupMed aims to engage at least 400 farmers per territory to sign a voluntary charter for implementing adaptation strategies based on agroecological practices.
At the institutional level, the project will contribute to strengthening and better structuring the public-private partnership regarding agricultural extension services in both countries.
The primary focus is to capitalize on this partnership experience and formulate recommendations for future agricultural policies. This capitalization work will be all the more crucial as the project will contribute (at least partially) to the development of upcoming national (Lebanon) and regional (Egypt) agricultural policies.
More information
Source of funding
- Fond Français pour l'Environnement Mondial
- Plan Vert (Ministère de l'Agriculture), Liban
- Executive Agency for the Comprehensive Development Projects, ministère de l’agriculture (EACDP), Egypte
- CIHEAM Montpellier, France
- Egyptian Association for Sustainable Development de Louxor (EASD), Egypte
- Centre Agricole privé de Hermel (FSC), Liban
Programme and contact references
- Anne Cobacho, Research Officer CIHEAM Montpellier, cobacho@iamm.fr
- Hatem Belhouchette, Lecturer and researcher, CIHEAM Montpellier, belhouchette@iamm.fr
Partners
The CIHEAM Montpellier: Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier, Coordinator and co-funder of the project, is responsible for project management and scientific coordination.
Partners in Lebanon
- Le Plan Vert et le projet HASAD, cofinanceur et membre du comité de pilotage SupMed
- Le Centre Agricole Privé de Hermel, Maitrise d’œuvre du projet SupMed sur le terrain
- L’Union des municipalités de Baalbek-Hermel et l’Union des coopératives de Hermel, Membre du Comité d’appui du projet SupMed
- Le Ministère de l’Agriculture, Membre du comité d’appui SupMed
- La Faculté d’agronomie de l’Université libanaise (Département d’Économie Rural), Membre du comité d’appui SupMed
Partners in Egypt
- Executive Agency for the Comprehensive Development Projects (EACDP), Cofinanceur et membre du comité de pilotage Supmed
- Egyptian Association for Sustainable Development (EASD), Maitrise d’œuvre du projet SupMed en Egypte
- Le Centre d’études de développement rural (Université du Caire, Faculté d’agronomie), Membre du Comité d’appui du projet SupMed
- Le Département de statistiques et de développement agricole et rural du Ministère de l’agriculture égyptien, Membre du comité d’appui SupMed