Strengthening the Role of Women in Rural and Agricultural Areas – Obstacles and Opportunities

Co-published by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and the CIHEAM, the Watch letter n ° 40 “Strengthening the role of women in rural and agricultural areas – Obstacles and opportunities” aims to show different perspectives of the situation in the Mediterranean region by analyzing the challenges and opportunities in the socio-economic, social, environmental, legal and political domains.

The contributions allow us to better understand the mechanisms of discrimination, to identify the levers of change and to share good practices. A fundamental exercise to renew given the significant deficit in the collection and processing of sex-disaggregated data.

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Mediterranean Agriculture and Climate Change, Impacts, Adaptations, Solutions

Climate change will have a direct impact on agriculture and especially in the Mediterranean, a hotspot of global warming. In this Watch Letter, CIHEAM wishes to evoke the impatcs of climate change in the Mediterranean agriculture, but also the adaptation strategies of this key sector and finally the multiple solutions that both agriculture and rural areas can bring. This issue, corresponding to the Thematic Priority n°13 of the CIHEAM Strategic Agenda 2025, is a major contribution to the COP22 that will be held in Marrakech next November.The publication is composed by 30 articles involving more than 50 international experts.

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Editorial
by Cosimo Lacirignola, CIHEAM Secretary General

Interview
S.E. Aziz Akhannouch (Ministre de l’agriculture et de la pêche maritime au Royaume du Maroc)

Climate Change and the Mediterranean Agriculture: Expected Impacts, Possible Solutions and the Way Forward
Mladen Todorovic (CIHEAM-Bari)

Climate Change and Food Security: Risks and Responses
Alexandre Meybeck (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO)
Vincent Gitz (Centre international de recherché sur l’environnement et le développement, CIRED)

Climate Change and Mediterranean Soils Management
Pandi Zdruli (CIHEAM Bari)

Assurer le secteur agricole face aux changements climatiques
Alice Pauthier (Consultante indépendante, France)

Adoption of the Mediterranean Strategy for Sustainable Development 2016-2025
Investing in Environmental Sustainability to Achieve Social and Economic Development
Julien Le Tellier, Nelly Bourlion  (Mediterranean Action Plan, Blue Plan)

L’oléiculture face aux changements climatiques en Méditerranée
Francesco Serafini (Conseil oléicole international, COI)

Understanding and Reducing Yield Gap Under Mediterranean Climate – Searching for Adapted Wheat Varieties
Ana Sofia Almeida, Benvindo Maçãs, José Coutinho, Rita Costa, Nuno Pinheiro, Conceição Gomes, João Coco, Armindo Costa, Ana Bagulho (National Institute for Agrarian and Veterinarian Research, INIAV, Portugal)
Stéphane Jézequel (Arvalis – Institut du Végetal, France)

Contribution des micro-algues au développement durable dans la région méditerranéenne
Jean-Louis Rastoin, Kelly Robin (Institut de prospective économique du monde méditerranéen, IPEMED)

Agriculture and Water Management Strategies over a Range of Mediterranean Climate Conditions
Paulo Brito da Luz (National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research, INIAV, Portugal)

Impact du changement climatique sur les territoires ruraux au Sud et à l’Est de la Méditerranée
Hervé Maurice Lévite (Center for Mediterranean Integration, World Bank)

Climate Change:  Impacts and Responses for Sustainable Agriculture in Egypt
Mahmoud Medany (Climate Change Information Center and Renewable Energy, CCICRE, Egypt)

Comment gérer les épisodes de sécheresse au Maroc ? Quelques enseignements de l’expérience 2016
Mohammed Sadiki (Ministère de l’Agriculture et de la pêche maritime, Maroc)

Agriculture and Climate Change in Turkey
Inci Tekeli (Climate Change and Watershed Research Group Coordinator Soil and Water Resources Department, Turkey)

Les produits de la finance agricole pour le développement durable : expérience du Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc
Leïla Akhmisse, Mariem Dkhil (Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc pour le Développement Durable)

L’initiative 4 pour 1000: les sols pour la sécurité alimentaire et le climat
Murielle Trouillet (Ministère de l’agriculture, de l’agroalimentaire et de la forêt, France)
Hervé Saint-Macary (Centre de coopération international en Recherche agronomique pour le développement, CIRAD)

From Climate Perception to Action: Strategic Adaptation for Small Island Farming Communities – a Focus on Malta
Charles Galdies (University of Malta)

« Beef Carbon », un plan carbone européen pour la viande bovine
Josselin Andurand, M. Jean-Baptiste Dollé (Institut de l’élevage, France) et Caroline Guinot (Association nationale inter-professionnelle du bétail et des viandes, INTERBEV, France)

Relever le triple défi « adaptation, atténuation et sécurité alimentaire » en Méditerranée et en Afrique de l’Ouest
Guillaume Benoit (Ministère de l’agriculture, de l’alimentation et des forêts, France)

Climatic Changes : Scenarios and Strategies for the Livestock Sector in Portugal
Olga Conde Moreira, Nuno Carolino, Carlos Belo (Instituto National de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, INIAV, Portugal)

Valorisation de l’eau d’irrigation dans le Bassin du Système aquifère du Sahara septentrional 
Maxime Thibon (Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel, OSS, Tunisie)

Climatic Changes and their Impact on Crop Water Productivity Under Limited Water Resources in Egypt
Samia El Marsafawy (Soil, Water and Environment Research Institute, SWERI ; Agricultural Research Center, ARC, Egypt)

Effects of Climate on Mediterranean Fisheries: the Balearic Islands, Spain, as a case study
Pere Oliver, Antoni Quetglas, Enric Massutí (Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears, Spain)

Nature et agriculture : l’Algérie fait de son mieux
Samira Bourbia (Journaliste, Algérie)

Spain and the Climate Change Issue
Ines Minguez Tudela (Research Centre for the Management of Agricultural and Environmental Risks, Spain)

Une nouvelle politique agricole tunisienne pour relever les défits de la durabilité
Leïth Ben Becher (Syndicat des Agriculteurs de Tunisie, SYNAGRI)

Supporting the Adaptation of the Portuguese Agriculture to Climate Change
Rui Rosario (Instituto National de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, INIAV, Portugal)

Etude de l’impact de la réduction des pesticides sur le rendement du blé en France
Nicolas Urruty (PhD Student Institut national de recherche agronomique, INRA, France)

L’agriculture tunisienne face aux changements climatiques
Raoudha Gafrej (Minsitère de l’Enseignement supérieur, Tunisie)

 

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Rural innovation and digital revolution in agriculture

The CIHEAM WATCH LETTER n°38 in February 2017 on “Rural innovation and digital revolution in agriculture ” wishes to provide a regional Mediterranean overview in terms of innovation in rural areas and the role of ICT in agriculture. This issue is resolutely prospective and rich in the presentation of various experiences in order to contribute to the analysis of the major ongoing agricultural and territorial developments in this strategic area of the world, where the progress and the growth of digital technology and human inventiveness exist outside urban worlds.

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Présentation d’Agreenuim, l’Institut agronomique, vétérinaire et forestier de France

The European Union “multi-actor” approach to agricultural innovation: first steps and major challenges 

Angelo di Mambro, Journalist, Brussels

Big data : a cultural and technical challenge for which agriculture has strong assets 

Christian Huyghe, Muriel Mambrini-Doudet, Odile Hologne, INRA and Pascal Bergeret, CIHEAM – Montpellier

Promoting Rural Innovation in the Mediterranean through the Development of Entrepreneurial Culture in Favor of Young People

Damiano Petruzzella, Laura Scivetti and Annarita Antonelli, CIHEAM – Bari

Quelle place pour l’élevage de précision dans le contexte du bassin méditerranéen ?

François Bocquier et Magali Jouven, Montpellier Supagro, France

Le numérique pour faire de l’aliment un créateur de lien

Hervé Pillaud, Agronuméricus

Former pour et par le numérique tout au long de la vie professionnelle dans les métiers de l’agriculture

Philippe Prévost, Agreenium, l’Institut agronomique, vétérinaire et forestier de France et Christian Germain, Bordeaux Sciences Agro

Multifunctional agriculture and ICT: Incompatibility or a recipe for territorial development?

Athanasios Ragkos, Vagis Samathrakis, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece

Alexandros Theodoridis, Christos Batzios, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

The Digital Economy: the Silent Revolution that Will Change the Region

Javier Albarracín, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), Spain

Sharing and Pooling Resources in Common Infrastructures is Essential to Accelerate Research and Diffusion of Digital Innovations in Agriculture

Veronique Bellon-Maurel, Bruno Tisseyre, Thomas Crestey and Pierre Maurel, Montpellier Supagro-IRSTEA, France

Application des nouvelles technologies dans l’agriculture intensive espagnole

Eduardo Pardo Martínez, Javier Rodríguez Sánchez, Centro Tecnologico Tecnova, Spain 

New communication methodologies in an innovative digital extension system in Egypt

Mahmoud Medany, Climate Change Information Center and Renewable Energy (CCICRE), Sahar Zayan, Plant Pathology Research Institute et Dorra Fiani, Knowledge Economy Foundation

Food and Nutrition Security and Data Gaps in Lebanon

Rachel A. Bhan, Food Security Program, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Un exemple de l’utilisation des drones dans la gestion technique d’un verger de pêcher en Tunisie

Hatem Mabrouk, Fatma Ben Jemaa, Institut National Agronomique de Tunisie (INAT), Tunisie et Denis Feurer, Sylvain Massuel, Institut de recherche pour le développement, Montpellier, France      

Integrated Smart Decision Support Tool for ECO-efficient Inputs Management of MENA region Farming Systems (ECO-FARM)

Redouane Choukr-Allah, Abdelaziz Hirich, International center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE

Improving irrigation efficiency in the Bekaa Valley

Ilhab Jomaa, Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, Lebanon and Ronald Jaubert, Graduate Institute of Geneva, Switzerland

L’accès aux données pour la recherche et l’innovation en agriculture

Acta, Réseau Numérique et Agriculture (ACTA)

The Future of Farming through the Internet of Things perspective

Alicia Asín, Libelium, Spain

The role of Technology in the Market Access and Transparency Enhancement, the Example Italian Online Commodities Exchange

Alessandra Pallottelli, Borsa Merci Telematica Italiana, Italy

Le cofarming ou l’entraide 3.0 pour redonner de la compétitivité à notre agriculture

Jean-Paul Hébrard, WeFarmUp, France

Interview

Stéphane Marcel, SMAG, France

 

 

 

 

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