Our EU-funded project ALLIANCE has officially launched in the best possible way, with the kickoff meeting on the 19th of December 2022 in Volos Greece.CIHEAM-IAMM was present with the Scientific Administrators Georgios Kleftodimos presenting the Pilot Case study in Occitanie Region aiming to establish a blockchain traceability system for organic honey production.
ALLIANCE aims to provide a holistic framework that safeguards data integrity and veracity, enhances traceability and transparency and reinforces interoperability in quality-labeled food supply chain through innovative technology solutions and validated approaches and fosters evidence-based decision-making through AI and ML for preventive interventions and actionable planning.
🔎 https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101084188
Our EU-funded project EXCEL4MED has officially launched in the best possible way, with the kickoff meeting on the 11th of January 2023 in Athens.
CIHEAM-IAMM was present, as the only funded French institute in the HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-04 call, with two Scientific Administrators Georgios Kleftodimos and Paolo Prosperi.
The excellence hub EXCEL4MED is an initiative to strengthen Mediterranean innovation excellence in innovation ecosystems focusing on the production of nutritious food products and the valorization of food industrial side-streams. It is a cross-border collaboration between Greece, Malta and France on a common strategy on strengthening the Mediterranean food added-value chains. EXCEL4MED innovation ecosystems will be interconnected with umbrella company organizations, research institutions, governmental bodies and societal actors that will be mutually reinforcing each other in a Mediterranean context and together will raise the level of innovation excellence in their regional fabric.
within the scope of the newly awarded NATAE Horizon Europe Project.
Context
NATAE (Fostering Agro-ecological transition in North Africa through multi-actors design, evaluation and networking) is a newly awarded project under the Horizon Europe programme. Based on a multi-actor and interdisciplinary approach, this four-year project will generate new insights for assessing practices that are inspired by agro-ecology in a multidimensional way and at multiple scales (from production systems to territory and value chains). The aims are to identify, evaluate and eventually promote the best observed and experimented combinations of practices inspired by agro-ecology in North Africa (i), and to set up a Mediterranean agro-ecological network for knowledge exchanges and advocacy at regional level (ii).
The approach is based on Multi-Actor Labs (MALs), as territories that are anchored in specific agro-ecosystems of North Africa. Production of scientific data and analyses in the field of agronomics, sociology and economics will inform on the potential for agro-ecological transition in the region. NATAE will support the cocreation and co-learning with multiple actors in MALs as well as concrete policies by informing largely with the opportunities provided by an agro-ecological transition perspective. It will also organize the capitalization and transfer of generated knowledge to education and extension. NATAE will further develop an Atlas platform on the performance of practices inspired by agroecology with regards to the farms, the landscape and the food systems.
Coordinated by CIHEAM Montpellier, NATAE gathers 23 partners from Europe and North Africa regions (academic institutes, international organisations, NGOs, technical institutes).
For more details on the missions, objectives and preliminary organisation:
Within the scope of the Horizon Europe EXCEL4MED project.
The excellence hub EXCEL4MED is an initiative to strengthen Mediterranean innovation excellence in innovation ecosystems focusing on the production of nutritious food products and the valorization of food industrial side-streams. It is a cross-border collaboration between Greece, Malta and France on a common strategy on strengthening the Mediterranean food added-value chains. EXCEL4MED innovation ecosystems will be interconnected with umbrella company organizations, research institutions, governmental bodies and societal actors that will be mutually reinforcing each other in a Mediterranean context and together will raise the level of innovation excellence in their regional fabric.
CIHEAM-IAMM is the leader of Task 2.2 entitled “Meso-economic analysis of impacts and diffusion conditions of the innovation within industrial chains and territories”, and Task 4.1 entitled “Estimation of cost and revenue generation”. The first task aims to identify the nature of risks and uncertainties perceived by the stakeholders towards the novel techniques, while the second one will carry out a Cost-Benefit Analysis to estimate the strengths and weaknesses of the novel technologies and determine their economic feasibility, and different actor coverage within the selected chains. Moreover, the CIHEAM-IAMM is responsible for the supervision of the two Living-Labs which will be developed (one in Malta and one in Greece) by providing the appropriate scientific framework for their well-functioning.
Activities and tasks
• Collaborate with the other partners for the collection of the necessary data;
• Supervision of Living-Labs;
• Implement Q-methodology for the elaboration of Task 2.2;
• Assist the coordinator in the supervision and implementation of the Tasks, and in following the project work plan;
• Attend the consortium meetings;
Job specifications
- Contract duration: fixed term contract of 12 months’ renewable twice (up to 36 months);
- Full-time (37,5h per week);
- 8 weeks’ annual leave;
- Salary: According to CIHEAM-IAMM index payroll;
- Location: Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier, France with occasional travels to different partner countries.
Requirements
The PF must meet the following requirements:
- Ph.D. in Economics or Agricultural science;
- Excellent knowledge of Q-methodology and value chain analysis;
- Excellent knowledge of data analysis;
- Knowledge on Living Lab implementation and supervision;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
GRANULAR will produce a rural compass with novel data and tools to characterise rural diversity and guide actors in the design of tailored rural policies.
The Horizon Project GRANULAR had its virtual kick-off meeting on 12-13 October 2022.
Set in motion in October 2022, GRANULAR will run for the next four years to contribute to the characterisation of rural diversity and the design of tailored rural policies, based on a multi-actor and interdisciplinary approach.
Led by CIHEAM Montpellier, GRANULAR gathers 23 partners (academic institutes, international organisations, NGOs, rural networks and local authorities) and will use participatory methods in 16 pilot territories across Europe to identify the main challenges and trends faced by rural communities and to generate novel datasets and tools to guide local action.
=> Press Release
=> Presentation of the GRANULAR project
Contact: granular@iamm.fr
Cereal Markets and Food Security in the Mediterranean region: Seeking Durable Solutions through Cooperation and Continuous Dialogue
This edition is marked by the current context of uncertainty in the market of agricultural raw materials and the energy crisis stemming from the war in Ukraine.
Cereal deficit is a serious problem in the Mediterranean region. Countries in North Africa and the Near East produce only 40 % of their wheat requirements.
The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food acts as host to the ninth annual meeting of MED-Amin, the Mediterranean agricultural markets information network coordinated by CIHEAM through their Institute in Montpellier and supported by the FAO, the International Grains Council and the European Commission.
International experts from the cereal sector and representatives of the administrations of Mediterranean countries will come together from 21 to 23 November at CIHEAM Zaragoza to discuss and enhance cooperation efforts to meet the future challenges of the cereal market.
Many countries of the Mediterranean basin, as is the case of Spain, have a deficit in cereals, strategic products for food security. This increases their vulnerability, given the current context of uncertainty in the market of agricultural raw materials and the energy crisis arising from the war in Ukraine.
The countries of the North of Africa and the Near East produce only 40 % of the wheat they need and Spain, over the last five growing seasons, has imported on average 15 million tonnes of cereals, mainly corn, of which Ukraine is the second largest source.
Tuesday, 22 November. 11:45 a.m. – CIHEAM Zaragoza (Av. Montañana 1005, Zaragoza) & Online
The sessions held on 22 November can be followed online:
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