Recent extreme droughts destroying crops in several Mediterranean countries highlighted the urgency of developing adaptation and mitigation strategies to climate change. Conservation Agriculture (CA), although known to be among the best strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change, lacks large-scale adoption in the Mediterranean region. There are several concerted efforts across the region to…
The 4CE-MED project has linked AgroFossilFree project as part of the community. The main goal of the AgroFossilFree project is to pave the way for the de-fossilization of the European agriculture by diminishing fossil energy dependence of all agricultural domains (open-field and controlled-environment crops and livestock). To do so, AgroFossilFree has evaluated the current energy…
From 5 to 8 October 2023 Bari hosted “Agrilevante“, an international exhibition of machinery, systems, and technologies for agricultural production, this event is the most important exhibition dedicated to the primary sector that takes place in the Mediterranean basin. During this event, on 6 October 2023, a workshop organized by Edagricole, a well-known Italian publishing…
One of the main targets of the 4CE-MED (Camelina: a Cash Cover Crop Enhancing water and soil conservation in Mediterranean dry-farming systems) project is to define, optimize, and test under real operational conditions locally tailor-made 4CE-MED solutions to adopt camelina as a low-input cash cover crop, assuring short term economic profit to Mediterranean farmers (WP2). CREA, one…
On 21 June, Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España (Spanish Co-ops) and Camelina Company (CCE), partners of the 4CE-MED and CARINA projects, organised a field visit for members of the Alcamancha cooperative to learn about the camelina crop. With the aim of disseminating the need and benefits of adopting more sustainable practices in soil management and providing…
In the framework of Networking activities with other projects, 4CE-MED has linked up with CARINA which plans to carry out collaborative actions in the coming months, in particular the organization of meetings between both projects for results presentation and analysis of present and future collaboration. Both projects have established an interaction plan which includes technical…
On 8 March, the consortium meeting of the 4CE-MED project took place in Marrakech where all the partners of the consortium met to participate in the exchange meeting on agronomic trials on tailor-made systems & performed demonstration activities developed by the 4CE-MED project. The ambitious agenda emphasized the review of the state of play describing…
His Excellency, Mr Mohammed Sadiki, Minister of Agriculture,and Water and Forests of Morocco, accompanied by the Governor of the Province of Khémisset, Director of INRA-Morocco, professionals, elected officials, as well as a large delegation of Ministry officials, visited Marchouch Experimental station of INRA and ICARDA, Morocco, on April 11, 2023. During his visit to the…
One of the main targets of the 4CE-MED (Camelina: a Cash Cover Crop Enhancing water and soil conservation in Mediterranean dry-farming systems) project is to define, optimize, and test under real operational conditions locally tailor-made 4CE-MED solutions to adopt camelina as a low-input cash cover crop, assuring short term economic profit to Mediterranean farmers (WP2). CREA, one…
Most of the agricultural areas in Tunisia are intended for cereals crops and arboriculture. Crop rotation is not well diversified; it is practically limited to legumes. Through the 4CE-MED project funded by the European Union, INRAT, being the only Tunisian partner, is working to develop new innovative, diversified, and resilient Mediterranean agricultural systems. In…
