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Posted on December 15, 2025

⚠️ The deadline for the submission of full contributions (short papers) is extended until January 15, 2026

📌 IFSA 2026, June 29 to July 3, 2025, Montpellier, France:
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.

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.

Posté le 09 décembre 2025

La séance de séminaire du pôle Régulations s’est tenue le lundi 8 décembre, au CIHEAM Montpellier, réunissant chercheurs et participants autour de thématiques au cœur des enjeux méditerranéens.

Deux interventions ont rythmé la matinée.

• Georgios Kleftodimos a tout d’abord présenté une réflexion approfondie sur l’approche Nexus Eau-Énergie-Alimentation-Écosystèmes (WEFE). Il a exposé les outils de modélisation mobilisés dans le cadre du projet DIONYSUS, ainsi que leurs implications pour la gouvernance des systèmes agricoles en Méditerranée.
• Olivier Lepiller est ensuite intervenu pour analyser les dynamiques de participation et l’approche systémique liant eau, alimentation et agroécologie en Méditerranée et au Sénégal, à partir des travaux menés dans le cadre du projet MAHDIA.

Cette séance a permis d’alimenter les discussions scientifiques du pôle et d’ouvrir de nouvelles pistes de réflexion sur les interactions entre ressources, pratiques agricoles et gouvernance territoriale.

Posted on December 8, 2025

On December 5, 2025, CIHEAM Montpellier had the pleasure of welcoming the director of CIHEAM Bari, Biagio Di Terlizzi, elected in June 2025, accompanied by his team. The CIHEAM Montpellier executive team, joined by several lecturers and researchers, presented the Institute’s activities, ongoing projects, and strategic priorities.

This institutional meeting provided an opportunity to strengthen ties between the two CIHEAM institutes, discuss common scientific and educational priorities, and identify new opportunities for collaboration.

It was a rich and constructive moment, illustrating the shared desire to consolidate synergies within the CIHEAM network in the service of research, training, and sustainable development in the Mediterranean.

Posted on November 27, 2025

CIHEAM Montpellier is delighted to invite you to its next Scientific Event on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., for a presentation by Rita Jalkh, Postdoctoral Fellow at CIHEAM Montpellier: Mũne as a culinary heritage and vector of territorial development in Lebanon: the socio-spatial dynamics of the preservation of traditional”mũne” foods by women cooperatives, an application to the case of the Beqā’ Valley

Lieu : CIHEAM Montpellier, Centre de Documentation Méditerranéen, sous-sol du Bât. B.

Posté le 16 octobre 2025