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SPOTLIGHT | International cooperation to address the water crisis and promote peace and regional integration
Expert and person of reference in cooperation in the water sector, Josefina Maestu, participates as guest lecturer in the international Master in Sustainable Water Management and Governance in Natural and Agricultural Environments organized by CIHEAM Zaragoza and shares her thoughts about the UN Water Conference 2023. [Read more]
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INTERVIEW | The olive tree is the symbol of peace in all cultures and is also a quintessential Mediterranean crop. A garden comprising 22 olive trees, of 21 varieties and each from a different country, embodies the spirit of unity between the States of the Mediterranean and the global community – Raúl Compés [Read the article]
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OPINION | Adaptation strategies and technologies can make a significant difference in mitigating the effects of climate change and ensuring the sustainability of the olive groves in the long term – Ramzi Belkhodja [Read the article]
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GRA | CIHEAM Zaragoza participates in the 12th meeting of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA)
The meeting was held in Madrid on 24th and 25th of April and gathered representatives from administrations and bodies from over 60 countries, related to climate change in agriculture. As a contribution to the agenda of the Spanish presidency of the GRA, hosted by the National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology (INIA-CSIC), CIHEAM Zaragoza presented the activities programmed for this year that include an advanced course on greenhouse gas emissions and a meeting of experts to create a Mediterranean network on emissions and agriculture.
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FIDA | The future of food systems
On the occasion of the visit to Spain of Álvaro Lario, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development Fund (IFAD) of the United Nations, we had the privilege to interact with numerous stakeholders from civil society with links to the Spanish agriculture sector as well as international development, and exchange impressions on the most relevant topics for the future of food systems.
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TRAINING OFFER | From Zaragoza to the Mediterranean
CIHEAM Zaragoza has updated its training offer with 7 masters for the academic year 2023-24 and 8 specialized courses programmed up to December 2023. These training activities cover a wide range of topics, from plant breeding and animal nutrition to sustainable fisheries management or water management, among others. A pioneer in delivering advanced courses and master’s programmes in Spain, CIHEAM Zaragoza has trained more than 17,000 postgraduates and professionals since its creation over 50 years ago. [Read more]
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MASTERS| Tunisia and Morocco
CIHEAM Zaragoza has presented two international master programmes to students at different education centres in Tunisia and Morocco: the International Master in Animal Nutrition and the International Master in Plant Genetics, Genomics and Breeding. Registration is now open for both programmes. The programmes will commence in the academic year 2023-24 and will be held on the premises of the intergovernmental organization situated on the Campus of Aula Dei in Zaragoza (Spain), a scientific-technical agricultural research complex hosting more than 700 R&D+i professionals in the agriculture and food sector. [Read more]
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LECTURE | Use of indicator systems to improve the quality of scientific and academic management
CIHEAM Zaragoza has launched the CIHEAM Zaragoza-Campus of Aula Dei Lecture Series with José Miguel Carot Sierra, Professor in the Department of Applied Statistics and Operations Research and Quality at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), who delivered a very interesting lecture on the use of indicator systems to improve the quality of scientific and academic management. [Read more]
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INTERNATIONAL EVENTS | CIHEAM Zaragoza supports sustainable development in rural areas through smart cultural tourism
CIHEAM Zaragoza, through the European project SmartCulTour, organised on 18 April in Madrid an international conference on cultural tourism that brought together officials from UNESCO, ICOMOS and the European Commission as well as representatives of a total of 6 European projects working on the same subject. Furthermore, on 24 May, stakeholders involved in the European cultural tourism sector will meet in Brussels on the occasion of the Final Conference of this project. The event will bring together international experts who will analyse new tourism trends and set priorities in the development of sustainable cultural destinations. [Read more]
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WOMEN-LED INNOVATION | Gender equality in rural and agricultural innovation systems
CIHEAM Zaragoza participates in the European project GRASS CEILING that aims to empower women in rural and farming areas. Besides, the project will create living labs in nine countries, train 72 rural women innovators and set up a network-learning and innovation system. [Read more]
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FORESTRY AND FARMING | A multi-actor approach to strengthen innovation
CIHEAM Zaragoza participates in the PREMIERE project that aims to strengthen knowledge and innovation systems in the agricultural and forestry sectors in Europe. The consortium is made up of 15 partners from twelve European countries who attended the project's kick-off meeting from 27 to 29 March at the University of Sustainable Development in Eberswalde (Germany). [Read more]
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CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE | Technical seminar
CIHEAM Zaragoza organized a technical seminar together with CREA and Agromnia in Foggia (Italy) in the framework of the PRIMA CAMA project, for over twenty participants from Algeria, France, Greece, Morocco, Portugal, Spain and Tunisia. The seminar included visits to a farm practising conservation agriculture in the region of Troia (Finca Giuntoli) and a seeder manufacturer for conservation agriculture (La Valle Verde in Gravina).
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AQUACULTURE | Strategies and tools for a more innovative, sustainable and resilient sector
CIHEAM Zaragoza has participated in the third annual meeting of the European project NewTechAqua, held on 22-23 March 2023 in L'Ampolla (Tarragona, Spain). The meeting brought together around 60 members of the international consortium and enabled CIHEAM to move forward in the coordination and preparation of the training and outreach activities it is leading in this project. [Read more]
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OOWC | CIHEAM Zaragoza on the organizing committee of the Olive Oil World Congress
The Olive Oil Congress (OOWC) is an event that will gather the world's leading speakers on each subject, to generate knowledge about new developments and innovations in every link of the value chain. [Read more]
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AIDA Conference | CIHEAM Zaragoza hosts AIDA Conference on Animal Production
AIDA (Interprofessional Association for Agricultural Development) will hold the XX Conference on Animal Production on 13 and 14 June, the most important event in animal production research in Spain, with growing participation from Latin America. [Read more]
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WOMEN IN FISHERIES | Control and surveillance in fisheries: Fatiha Ayed, from Tunisia's Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries [Watch video]
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EXPERT VOICES | Sven Wunder (EFI) on the valuation of ecosystem services [Watch video]
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IN THEIR OWN WORDS | Students in the international MSc programme in Plant Genetics, Genomics and Breeding [Watch video]
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PRACTICAL SESSION | With students in the MSc programme in Animal Nutrition [Watch video]
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BEGINNING OF MANDATE | Frida Krifca takes over the role of President of CIHEAM Governing Board
On 1 April 2023 Frida Krifca took over the role of President of CIHEAM after being appointed by the organization's Governing Board in November 2022. Frida Krifca, the first woman to hold this position, is the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Albania. She previously served as President of the Assembly of the Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in South East Europe (SWG) and was General Director of the Agency for Agriculture and Rural Development in Albania. [More information]
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MED-AMIN | New data on cereal production and markets in the Mediterranean
The Mediterranean agricultural markets information network ( MED-Amin), launched in 2014 by the ministers of Agriculture of the 13 Member States of CIHEAM and coordinated by CIHEAM Montpellier with the support of the FAO, the International Grains Council and the European Commission, has just published the last issue of their newsletter that includes data on grain markets and food security in the Mediterranean. Besides the newsletter, MED-Amin also publishes harvest forecast data. [More information]
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SIAM 2023 | CIHEAM institutional pavilion
CIHEAM was present at the 15th edition of the International Agricultural Show in Morocco (SIAM), the leading trade fair for the agricultural and agribusiness technology sector on the African continent, and a meeting point for the agricultural sector in Morocco. During the event the training offer of the 4 CIHEAM Institutes was presented as well as research and cooperation activities on sustainable agriculture and fisheries, food systems, and coastal and rural development in the Mediterranean. [More information]
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MEETING | Working meeting with the OIV
CIHEAM Secretary General, Teodoro Miano, together with Raúl Compés, Director of CIHEAM Zaragoza, and Julio Urruela, Administrator at CIHEAM, welcomed a delegation from the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV), comprising the Director General Pau Roca, and his chief of cabinet, Rodrigo de Casas. The meeting was the perfect opportunity to make a point on the ongoing cooperation between the two intergovernmental organisations and discuss mutual priorities and lines of action for the years to come. [Read more]
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COLLABORATION | Towards more sustainable food systems in the Mediterranean
Within the framework of the 4th Global Conference of the One Planet’s Network, CIHEAM participated in a side-event whose objective was to show the processes and pathways of transformation of food systems in the Mediterranean. This event contributes to the follow-up process of the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFCCC), fostering further knowledge sharing and new collaborations and partnerships, as well as mobilising more resources to further consolidate the joint effort of the FSS-EDM Platform. [Read more]
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YOUTH | Commitment to sustainable food systems: A Mediterranean overview
The latest issue of CIHEAM Watch Letter is the result of a collaboration betweenel CIHEAM, the Union for the Mediterranean, and the Centre for Mediterranean Integration of the United Nations Office for Project Services (CMI-UNOPS) and gives a voice to young researchers, entrepreneurs and activists with ideas and projects for a different kind of rural and agricultural development and aims to generate debate on their role in creating new paradigms and promising ways to respond to the region's pressing challenges. [Read more]
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Sharing knowledge, feeding the future
CIHEAM insights and publications
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Fernández Sánchez, J. L., Basurco, B., & Aguilera, C. (2023). Economic assessment of investment in automatic feeding systems for sea bass grow-out farms of different sizes. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 1– 10.
CIHEAM Montpellier (coord.) (2023). MED-Amin Newsletter 45, January-April.
CIHEAM (2023). Youth Commitment to Sustainable Food Systems: A Mediterranean Overview. Watch Letter 41 (17 April 2023)
CIHEAM Montpellier (coord.) (2023). MED-Amin Forecasting Bulletin 2023-1 (March)
CIHEAM (2022). Activity Report of the Working Group on Women Empowerment & Gender Equality.
CIHEAM (2022). Activity Report of the Working Group on Coastal zone Management, Fisheries, and Aquaculture.
CIHEAM (2022). Activity Report of the Working Group on Sustainable Food Systems between March and December 2022.
CIHEAM (2022). Activity Report of the Working Group on Youth empowerment and economic inclusion.
Moreno-Dodson B., Gasmi I., Gourraud C., Tsakas C. (2022). The Water Security Nexus in North Africa: Catalyzing Regional Coordination Around Climate Change, Resilience and Migration. Marseille: Center for Mediterranean Integration and UNOPS.
CIHEAM (2022). Gender equality in the Mediterranean. General overview and focus on the agricultural sector and rural áreas.
CIHEAM (2020). MED-Amin: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural markets and the grains sector in the Mediterranean.
FAO-CIHEAM (2022). e-NUCIS: Information Bulletin of the Research Network on Nuts. No. 2, septiembre 2022.
FAO, CIHEAM, UfM (2021). Food systems transformation – processes and pathways in the Mediterranean: A stocktaking exercise.
Hadjipavlou G. (ed.), Ligda C. (ed.) (2022). Addressing the challenges of agro-pastoral farming systems to strengthen their resilience. Zaragoza: CIHEAM, 2022. 121 p. (Options Méditerranéennes: Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens; n. 129). 71.
López-Francos A. (ed.), Jouven M. (ed.), Porqueddu C. (ed.), Ben Salem H. (ed.), Keli A. (ed.), Araba A. (ed.), Chentouf M. (ed.) (2021). Efficiency and resilience of forage resources and small ruminant production to cope with global challenges in Mediterranean areas. Zaragoza: CIHEAM, 2021. 704 p. (Options Méditerranéennes: Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens; n. 125).
Moreno-Dodson, B., Gasmi, I., Gourraud, C., Tsakas, C. (2022). The Water Security Nexus in North Africa: Catalyzing Regional Coordination Around Climate Change, Resilience and Migration. Marseille: Center for Mediterranean Integration and UNOPS.
Zrncic S. (ed.) (2020). Diagnostic Manual for the main pathogens in European seabass and Gilthead seabream aquaculture. Zaragoza: CIHEAM, 2020. 172 p. (Options Méditerranéennes: Série B. Etudes et Recherches; n. 75). Ruiz R. (ed.).
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GENDER | CIHEAM Zaragoza works to fulfill their obligations in terms of equality and gender, together with the rest of the Institutes and the CIHEAM General Secretariat. This commitment has led to the Institute’s Gender Equality Plan (GEP) that you can download here.
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COMMUNICATION | This manual brings together the basic elements for a correct use of the text and graphics of the CIHEAM Zaragoza brand in all possible expressions and has been compiled in accordance with CIHEAM guidelines. You can download it here.
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