Organised by MED-Amin and the International Grains Council, 25 October 2022, 11:00 to 15:00 (UK time)
Which data for relevant information for wheat importers and operators in the Mediterranean countries?
This second webinar will address key challenges on quality of grain supplies for the Mediterranean countries. The informative session will broadcast the main global suppliers’ updates on the quality of their 2022 wheat production and processing to fit the evolution of consumption patterns in the Mediterranean. In particular, it will show how producers adapt to both long-term trends and recent changes triggered by food systems disruptions and food prices volatility since the pandemic crisis in 2020 and accelerated by the conflict in the Black Sea.
Audience: International Grains Council and MED-Amin members (13 Mediterranean countries).
-> Registration link
-> More details on the webinar
“Gestion de la pollution plastique en Méditerranée: cas des îles Kerkennah en Tunisie”
Invitation au Café Doc du Jeudi 6 octobre 2022 de 13h à 14h, au Centre de documentation méditerranéen, CIHEAM Montpellier.
Présentation
La production des déchets plastiques à Kerkennah est estimée à 7000 tonnes par an [1]. La pollution plastique, par son omniprésence, est devenue un enjeu environnemental et sanitaire majeur. La présence du plastique dans les fonds marins détruit, comme l’atteste de nombreux pêcheurs, le milieu de vie de différentes espèces marines et menace, par sa décomposition, la santé des consommateurs. Par ailleurs, cette pollution impacte fortement le secteur touristique en défigurant les paysages naturels de l’archipel. Ce faisant elle compromet l’avenir économique de l’île qui repose principalement sur ces richesses naturelles.
L’existence d’un seul collecteur privé agréé et l’ouverture récente de la décharge contrôlée n’a pas permis de contenir cette pollution et de l’empêcher d’envahir les espaces publics et l’environnement terrestre et maritime.
En 2020, le projet DEVLOK a mis en place la stratégie « Kerkennah Plastic Free » qui avait pour objectif de structurer une filière économique locale capable de gérer, de manière autonome, la pollution plastique sur l’archipel, de créer des emplois et de fixer la valeur ajoutée du produit sur le territoire.
[1] Wassim Chaabane, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, mars 2020, ?les tunisiennes étouffent?
Intervenants
- Jean-Paul Pellissier (Référent du Projet DEVLOK, Directeur adjoint du CIHEAM Montpellier, France);
- Omar Kcharem (Chef d’entreprise, Collecteur agréé pour la collecte des plastiques à Kerkennah, Tunisie);
- avec la participation de Zied Ahmed (Responsable Pôle Projet du CIHEAM Montpellier).
Changement de formule, le Café Doc débute à 13h autour d’un café accompagné de douceurs.
Pour éviter tout gaspillage, il est préférable de vous inscrire à docassistance@iamm.fr.
>> Téléchargez l’invitation!
Newsletter of the MED-Amin Network (July and August 2022):
The winter cereal crop year ended on a worrying note: while the multifactorial crisis caused already high prices (energy, food, agricultural inputs) to soar – some prices have since fallen back -the 2022 harvest in several Mediterranean countries was poor.
MED-Amin had anticipated this in its Forecast Bulletins throughout the second half of the 2021-2022 season. Fearing a possible global food security crisis, farmers struggled to save their crops from extreme weather events this year.
Facing these threats to food and nutritional security and living conditions in this region (whose structural weaknesses had already been identified during the 2007-2008 crisis) calls for greater food sovereignty of countries, Mediterranean solidarity and the strengthening of cooperation for more sustainable, inclusive and shock-resistant food systems.
> … extend your reading of MED-Amin’s Newsletter
Petit-déjeuner ERASMUS+ Jeudi 13 octobre 2022:
Venez rencontrer des porteurs de projets Erasmus+ du CIHEAM Montpellier, de l’Université Paul Valéry de Montpellier et d’autres établissements d’Occitanie-Est, autour d’un petit déjeuner!
Vous souhaitez renforcer votre réseau?
Vous vous intéressez aux Partenariats de Coopération, aux Masters conjoints Erasmus Mundus, aux projets de Renforcement des Capacités, aux Mobilités Internationales de Crédits?
Alors n’hésitez pas à vous inscrire (avant le 11 octobre)! https://bit.ly/3SjDtwN
Vous pourrez également visiter le Jardin des Plantes si vous le souhaitez.
Cet événement est organisé par le groupe de travail Erasmus+ du Comité Europe Occitanie-Est.
The Contribution of CIHEAM to the objective of a Sustainable Food System in the Mediterranean, 28 September 2022, in CIHEAM Bari (Italy).
CIHEAM Montpellier participates in the Side Event organized on the occasion of the 3d World Conference on the Revitalization of the Mediterranean Diet (3MDConference) that coincide with the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the CIHEAM.
Objective:
To present a virtuous path, starting from the latest significant and tangible activities carried out by the CIHEAM institutes, to achieve future actions, all aimed at the transition towards Sustainable Food Systems.
>> Website of the 3MDConference : https://3mdconference.org/
>> Programme : https://3mdconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Programme.pdf
International civil society Summit, 5 to 8 October 2022
Organised by CARI, an association fighting against land degradation and for ecological transition in countries of the Global South, Désertif’actions gathers in Montpellier every level of civil society: NGOs, scientists, local communities, international institutions, private and public sectors…
This multi-stakeholder event is unique in that it brings together 300 participants from around the world.
Programme: https://desertif-actions.org/en/session-detail/
Mélanie Requier-Desjardins, teacher-researcher at the CIHEAM Montpellier, is invited as a speaker in Session 5 “Conferences and talks” – Agroecology in the Mediterranean, on October 8, 2022.
The Master students of the CIHEAM Montpellier will also be invested in this high level event as volunteers.
To register: https://desertif-actions.org/en/registration/
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