Welcome to a Spanish delegation for an FPC session on sustainable viticulture and new technologies

Posted on July 15, 2025

From July 8 to 12, 2025: organisation of a FPC session, in collaboration with IMIDRA (Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural, Agrario y Alimentario) as part of the ERASMUS Agrario programme.

CIHEAM Montpellier welcomed some fifteen winegrowers and winemakers from the Madrid region, as well as researchers and institutions from IMIDRA and the Community of Madrid, for a training session on the sustainability of the wine industry and the use of new technologies. The training alternates between classroom sessions, technical visits and meetings with farmers and players in the wine industry in the Hérault and Occitanie regions.

Governance of the ‘Water Environment Food Energy’ Nexus in the Mediterranean and the Middle East

Posted on July 04, 2025

On June 30, July 1, and 2, 2025, in Cairo, the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), the Egyptian Agricultural Research Center (ARC), and CIHEAM Montpellier organised a regional conference dedicated to the governance of the “Water-Environment-Food-Energy” Nexus in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Based on the sharing of results from several projects carried by the three co-organizers (SUPMED, NATAE, STE CATHERINE, etc.), the 80 participants of the conference were asked to reflect on the third day on how to set up an interface dedicated to the “science, society, policy” dialogue to better inform public policies in favour of more sustainable and resilient agriculture in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. A roadmap was developed to guide the work of CIHEAM Montpellier, particularly within the framework of the DIONYSUS project, in the coming months.

To find out more: https://www.supmed-project.com/

From left to right: Dr Adel Abdel Azzim Abu Al Yazid Al Akhdar, President of the Agricultural Research Center, Egyptian delegate to the CIHEAM. Dr Amjad Badr, Syrian Minister of Agriculture. Pr Ibrahim Al Dukheri, Director General of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development. Thierry Dupeuble, Director of the CIHEAM Montpellier