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Inauguration of the SupMed Project Nursery under the High Patronage of His Excellency Dr. Abbas Hajj Hassan, Minister of Agriculture of Lebanon, and Mr. Thierry Dupeuble, Director of CIHEAM Montpellier.

Minister Hajj Hassan emphasized the importance of the SupMed Project for Lebanese agriculture, as it promotes sustainable agricultural production, which contributes to reducing Lebanon’s food dependency.

Mr. Dupeuble stressed the importance of the continued collaboration between CIHEAM Montpellier and agricultural partners in the Baalbeck-Hermel region. After supporting the establishment of an olive oil mill, they are now supporting the realization of this nursery. He assured the Lebanese stakeholders of CIHEAM Montpellier’s commitment to stand by their side in the future as well.

The SupMed Project Nursery, primarily dedicated to olive tree seedling production, will enable the Farmers Support Center (FSC) in Hermel to develop and structure an organic olive sector by providing local variety seedlings. The production is focused on the green cutting technique.

More than a hundred people attended this event, including representatives from the majority of local cooperatives and leading farmers involved in the project. Numerous institutional representatives were also present, along with local and national media.

His Excellency Dr. Abbas Hajj Hassan, Minister of Agriculture of Lebanon, and Mr. Thierry Dupeuble, Director of CIHEAM Montpellier, concluded the ceremony by planting an olive tree in front of the commemorative plaque.

Al Mayadeen Lebanon

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.

The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier (CIHEAM Montpellier), one of the four institutes of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), is an intergovernmental organization whose mission is the development of higher education and lifelong learning, research and cooperation in the Mediterranean area. Within the scope of the NATAE project, CIHEAM Montpellier offers a position of Public Policy Expert.

Job specifications

• Starting date: ideally July 3, 2023;
• Contract duration: fixed term contract of 10 months (40 weeks);
• Location: Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Montpellier

Closing date of the call for applications: June 11, 2023

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 co-creation 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 agro-ecology with regards to the farms, the landscape and the food systems.

> Job description 

Analysis of the dynamics of socio-economic and environmental transition that regulate the relationships between agricultural production, local food and the ecosystem through the mobilization of indicators, tools and multidimensional and spatial approaches to build more sustainable and resilient territorial food systems in Occitania.

PROFILE REQUIRED:
Background required: Master 2 in economics (agricultural, rural, development) or engineering degree specialized in economics (bac +5)
Expected prerequisites:
– Strong background in agricultural, agri-food, rural, territorial, or development economics
– Scientific curiosity, autonomy, taste for data work, ability to work in a team
– Appetence for fieldwork (participatory practices) and for data processing and analysis in R
– Excellent writing skills.
French: Excellent / Very good
English: Very good

Closing date for applications: June 11, 2023
Selection date for interviews: June 15 and 16, 2023
Starting date: October 1, 2023

Thesis direction and supervision :
– Tristan Berchoux (Supervisor, Scientific Coordinator of the Horizon Europe GRANULAR project), Lecturer-Researcher CIHEAM-IAMM, UMR TETIS (Territories, environment, remote sensing and spatial information)
– Paolo Prosperi (PhD supervisor, HDR in economics), Lecturer-Researcher CIHEAM-IAMM, UMR
MoISA (Montpellier Interdisciplinary Center on Sustainable Agri-food Systems)

> Job description 

NATAE Fostering agroecology transition in North Africa through multi-actor, evaluation, and networking: Expert in Public Policy – focus on North Africa

Within the framework of its NATAE project, the CIHEAM-IAMM launches a call for tenders for the realisation of an expertise in the field of public policy analysis in North Africa, on the basis of the following terms of reference.