Last May 22nd the University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum (UNIBO) as lead partner of the 4CE-MED project celebrated its Final Meeting in Bologna, (Italy). After more than four years of work, the 4CE-MED project has nearly ended and has achieved the envisioned targets. The Final Meeting was an opportunity where all partners presented the…
After more than four years of work, the 4CE-MED project has nearly ended and has achieved the envisioned targets. All the consortium partners have elaborated seven Practice Abstracts (PA), adapted to all Mediterranean countries participating in the 4CE-MED project. The involved countries Algeria, France, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia present their PA on Innovative,…
In the context of Work Package 3, a demonstration field was planted at the end of October 2023 on a farm located close to Padova in North Italy. The trial was established using the minimum tillage technique, and the variety Alba was planted at a sowing rate of 7 kilograms per hectare. The plants are…
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…
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…
LMSPs have been set up in each Country at the beginning of the project and very important ideas arose during the meetings which positively influenced 4CE-MED activities and helped understand how these innovative cropping systems should be scaled up to a commercial level. The most important topics discussed during the LMSPs meetings were: Identification of…
Last first september the 4CE-MED Italian Stakeholder Platform included 17 members, (farmers, farmer advisors, regional policy makers and farmer associations). In particular, eight were women, and eight young people. The participants of the Platform represented different geographical areas of Italy, from the North to the South. Main outcomes of the National Stakeholder Platform held in…
In the framework of the 4CE-MED project different harvesting strategies were tested. In Italy the trials were developed at the experimental farm of the University of Bologna, situated in Cadriano (BO). The UNIBO team and the CREA team jointly run this activity. An innovative harvesting strategy was developed by cutting and swathing camelina plants when…
4CE-MED partners want to tell you about the implemented activities in the frame of this Mediterranean experience. You can subscribe our NEWSLETTER that we plan to publish once a year compiling the progress and results of our project. THE FIRST ONE IS ALREADY PUBLISHED! If you want to be kept up to date, we…
