Le CIHEAM Montpellier accueille une journée dédiée au programme PRIMA 2026 !

Posté le 16 avril 2026

Journée d’analyse des appels, rencontre des acteurs français et initiation de vos futurs consortiums

En collaboration avec le Point de Contact National (PCN) Horizon Europe – Cluster 6, le CIHEAM Montpellier a le plaisir d’accueillir une journée d’échanges autour des opportunités offertes par le programme PRIMA (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area), le 24 avril 2026.

Objectifs de la journée :

  • Comprendre les priorités et orientations stratégiques des appels 2026
  • Réseauter et favoriser les collaborations entre acteurs nationaux
  • Optimiser vos candidatures grâce à des conseils concrets et des retours d’expérience

Au programme : présentations, témoignages, sessions interactives et ateliers thématiques autour de la gestion de l’eau, des systèmes agricoles et de la chaîne de valeur alimentaire. Une journée riche en échanges, en opportunités et en perspectives pour la recherche et l’innovation en Méditerranée.

Adresse : 3191 route de Mende, CS 43999, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

Inscription : https://grist.numerique.gouv.fr/o/docs/forms/97ijkd8ywCebyZvQG9de49/14

Contact & coordination : Pour toute question, contactez la coordination de l’événement : Professeure Fatiha Fort, PCN Horizon Europe – Cluster 6 : fatiha.fort@recherche.gouv.fr

NATAE: Tizi Ouzou Living Lab: a successful participatory review of agroecological practices

Posted on April 13, 2026

As part of the NATAE project, the participatory results review workshop was successfully held at the Tizi Ouzou Living Lab. The workshop followed a visit to the trial sites. The results relating to three agroecological practices were presented and discussed: agroforestry, organic fertilisation, and local seed. For each of these practices, we discussed the results of the trials (plot level), the bioeconomic model simulation (farm level), and the causal maps (territorial level). The aim was threefold: to interpret the results, to validate them, and to share them. The discussions were fruitful and enabled us to achieve these objectives.

Assessing alignment of local climate strategies with European green deal priorities: evidence from small settlements

Posted on April 8, 2026

📰 Just released!

A new article by the CIHEAM Montpellier / GRANULAR project team has been published:

▪️Damari, Y., & Berchoux, T. (2026). Assessing alignment of local climate strategies with European green deal priorities: evidence from small settlements. Climate Policy, 26.

🔎Read it online: https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2026.2646996

🔎Also available on GRANULAR Zenodo Community ➕https://zenodo.org/communities/granular/records?q=&l=list&p=1&s=10&sort=newest

IFSA 2026: Farming and Agri-Food Systems Dynamics: Facing Crises and Trade-Offs in Transition Pathways

Posted on April 7, 2026

IFSA 2026 – Update

Early bird rates are extended until 15 April 2026. No other extension will be granted for early bird fees.

Please find the registration information and guidelines here: https://ifsa2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/14

Under the overarching theme “Farming and Agri-Food Systems Dynamics: Facing Crises and Trade-Offs in Transition Pathways”, the conference will revisit current progress and debates in co-designing and advancing sustainable farming systems, with particular attention to how they confront crises, inform decisions across scales, and navigate the trade-offs and synergies shaping transition pathways and their impacts.

In the first step, we received 400 abstract contributions for IFSA 2026, reflecting the strong engagement of the international community.

IFSA 2026 will take place in Montpellier, France, and is organised by the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier (CIHEAM-Montpellier) from 29 June to 3 July 2026.

The conference is organised around four main themes:

  • Theme 1: Transformative changes
  • Theme 2: Landscape and communities
  • Theme 3: Capacity development to support systemic change
  • Theme 4: Food Production, Consumption, Food Landscape & WEFE Nexus

Bringing together an international and interdisciplinary community, the event will foster critical reflection and dialogue across research and practice.

Full contributions (short papers) will be submitted by co-authors by December 31st, 2025 (deadline for short papers).

The conference will be preceded by a PhD course.

Stay tuned for next news.

Chairs of the IFSA 2026 Steering Committee: Hatem Belhouchette and Paolo Prosperi – CIHEAM-IAMM

Contact: ifsa2026@iamm.fr

This event is organised with the organisational support provided by Agropolis International