FAO/CIHEAM NETWORK ON NUTS

ORIGIN
PRESENT DESIGNATION
TYPE OF ACTION
CO-ORDINATION STRUCTURE AND TOPICS ADDRESSED
PARTICIPATION STRUCTURE
ACTIVITIES DURING 2002 and 2003
ACTIVITIES DURING 2004
ACTIVITIES DURING 2005 and 2006
ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR 2007
RESULTS AND IMPACT
RESEARCH PROJECTS
PUBLICATIONS (Nucis Newsletter)

ORIGIN

GREMPA (Groupe de Recherches Méditerranéennes pour l'Amandier - pistachier) Working Group co-ordinated by CIHEAM since the seventies. GREMPA work is mainly based on study and improvement of genetic resources with a Mediterranean origin.

Furthermore, FAO created in 1990 a Network on Nuts

In 1996 an agreement was signed for the creation of the Inter-regional Research Network on Nuts, in which CIHEAM, FAO-REUR (Europe) and FAO-RNE (North Africa and the Middle East) participate.
 

PRESENT DESIGNATION

FAO/CIHEAM INTER-REGIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK ON NUTS

TYPE OF ACTION

CO-ORDINATION STRUCTURE AND TOPICS ADDRESSED

Network Co-ordinator: M. ROVIRA
IRTA 
CENTRO DE MAS DE BOVER 
DPTO. DE ARBORICULTURA MEDITERRANEA 
P.O. BOX 415 
43200 - REUS  (TARRAGONA) 
SPAIN 
Tlf: 34 77 343252 
Fax: 34 77 344055 
E-mail: Merce.Rovira@irta.es 
Almond: Refer to:
F. VARGAS
IRTA 
CENTRO DE MAS DE BOVER 
DPTO. DE ARBORICULTURA MEDITERRANEA 
P.O. BOX 415 
43200 - REUS  (TARRAGONA) 
SPAIN 
Tlf: 34 77 343252 
Fax: 34 77 344055 
E-mail: francisco.vargas@irta.es 
Hazelnut: A.I. KÖKSAL
UNIVERSITY OF ANKARA 
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE 
DEPT. OF HORTICULTURE 
06110 - ANKARA 
TURKEY 
Tlf: 90312 3170550 
Fax: 90312 3473666 
E-mail: jkoksal@agri.ankara.edu.tr
Walnut and Pecan:

M. LAFARGUE
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE (INRA)
CENTRE DES RECHERCHES SUR LES ESPECES FRUITIERES ET LA VIGNE
B.P. 81 - 33883 - VILLENEUVE D'ORNON
FRANCE
Tlf: 33 556 843277
Fax: 33 556 843274
E-mail: mlafargue@bordeaux.inra.fr  

Pistachio: B. EROL AK
DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE 
UNIVERSITY OF HARRAN
TURKEY
TEL. 90- 414 247 26 97 
FAX: 90- 414 247 44 80 / 31 28
E-mail: beak@harran.edu.tr
Chestnut:  GIANCARLO BOUNOUS 
UNIVERSITÁ DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO
DIPARTAMENTO DI COLTURE ARBOREE
CATTEDRA DI ARBORICULTURA 
VIA LEONARDO DA VINCI, 44. 
10095 GRUGLIASCO (TO)
ITALY. 
Tlf 39- 011 6708653
Fax: 39- 011 6708658. 
E-mail: bounous@agraria.unito.it 
Genetic Resources: IGNACIO BATLLE 
IRTA 
CENTRO DE MAS DE BOVER 
DPTO. DE ARBORICULTURA MEDITERRANEA 
P.O. BOX 415 
43200 - REUS  (TARRAGONA) 
SPAIN 
Tlf: 34 77 343252 
Fax: 34 77 344055 
E-mail: Ignasi.Batlle@irta.es 
Economics: LUIS MIGUEL ALBISU
DIPUTACION GENERAL DE ARAGON (DGA) 
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION Y TECNOLOGIA AFROALIMENARIA-(CITA). UNIDAD DE ECONOMIA Y SOCIOLOGIA AGRARIAS 
P.O. BOX 727 
50080 - ZARAGOZA 
SPAIN 
Tlf: 34 76 716355 
Fax: 34 76 716335  
E-mail: albisu@mizar.csic.es

The coordination on Stone Pine is performed directly by the Network coordinator.

FAO:

JUTTA KRAUSSE
REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE REU
VIALLE DELLE TERME DI CARACALLA
00100 ROMA  
ITALY   
Tlf: 39 06 57 05 44 05  
Fax: 39 06 57 05 56 34
E-mail: Jutta.Krause@fao.org

CIHEAM

DUNIXI GABIÑA
INSTITUTO AGRONOMICO MEDITERRANEO DE ZARAGOZA (IAMZ)
P.O. BOX 202
50080 ZARAGOZA
SPAIN
Tlf: 34 976 716000
Fax: 34 976 716001
E-mail: gabina@iamz.ciheam.org

PARTICIPATION STRUCTURE

Researchers and members of the following institutions take part in this network.

Algeria

Univ.Djelfa

France

INRA Bordeaux

Greece

Institute of Pomology, Naoussa, Faculty of Agronomy, Athens

Italy

University of Torino, ICA, Bari, Cagliari, Palerma, Pisa, ISF Rome

Portugal

Estaçao Nacional Fruticultura, Alcobaça

Morocco

INRA Meknès

Spain

IRTA Tarragona, CITA Zaragoza, CSIC Murcia, INIA Madrid

Tunisia

INRAT Tunis, INAT Tunis, Institut de l'Olivier Sfax

Turkey

Universities of Çukurova, Ankara, Izmir, Harran, Gaziantep, FAO

The European Commission often participates in the activities of the network.


ACTIVITIES DURING 2002 and 2003

Submission in June 2002 of an Expression of Interest (EoI) to the Invitation launched by the European Commission to prepare the first calls of Framework Programme 6. The EoI is entitled "Network of Excellence on Sustainable Nut Crop Management". Nut tree production, trade and industry is an important economic activity related to sustainable agriculture, often in marginal lands, in the EU. Nuts are major and typical components of the traditional and healthy Mediterranean diet. Europe is the world’s main nut importer and its nut sector needs restructuring. To accomplish sustainable development and food security, a future combined effort in R&D, environmental management and communication is needed. The support of the EU would help to enhance the scientific and technical coordination among countries, sustainable development, food quality and safety, fostering the communication and the involvement of key stakeholders.

- XIII GREMPA Meeting. Mirandela, Portugal, 2-5 June 2003. Scientific Sessions were held on Cultivars/Rootstocks/Breeding/Flowering/Pollination/Fruit set/Pests and diseases/ Harvesting/Marketing/Industry, Orchard management and Physiology/ Biology/Biotechnology. The Meeting had 74 participants from Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, France, Greece, Iran, Italy, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey and USA.

- Publication of Chestnut and Walnut Inventories on research, germplasm and references. These publications are an inventory of the germplasm of each species kept in the main research institutions and also a survey on the ongoing research in the main producing countries. This survey is structured in different sections: the resource (statistics, sanitary problems, storage and processing, chestnut or marron), genetic resources, research projects, researchers and selected bibliography. The information published was provided by scientists involved in chestnut and walnut research worldwide.

- Publication of issues 11 and 12 of the NUCIS Newsletter
This newsletter is issued on paper and also on electronic support on the IAMZ Web page as a pdf format file available at:

http://www.iamz.ciheam.org/ingles/pdfs/nucis11_2002.pdf and
http://www.iamz.ciheam.org/ingles/pdfs/nucis12_2004.pdf.

The publication on paper is mainly oriented towards Network participants and experts from the South and East Mediterranean. The Newsletter is sent to a mailing list of more than 1000 subscribers.

- The inventory on Pistachio is in progress.

Publications

- Chesnut Inventory on research, germplasm and references. REU Technical Series No.65. FAO-CIHEAM, 2002, 185p

- Nucis Newletter. Issues 11 and 12

ACTIVITIES DURING 2004

Publication of issue 12 of the NUCIS Newsletter. This newsletter is issued on paper and also on electronic support on the IAMZ Web page as a pdf format file (available at:
http://www.iamz.ciheam.org/ingles/pdfs/nucis12_2004.pdf).
The publication on paper is mainly oriented towards Network participants and experts from the South and East Mediterranean. The Newsletter is sent to a mailing list of more than 1000 subscribers.

Publication of the Walnut Inventory on research, germplasm and references. REU Technical Series No. 65. FAO-CIHEAM, 2002, 185p

VI International Congress on Hazelnut. Reus-Tarragona, Spain, 14-18 June 2004. The Congress offered an international forum to meet each other and to exchange experiences related to the latest results concerning agronomic, industrial, health benefits and commercial aspects of hazelnut growing. The Congress was organised by the Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA) – Centre Mas Bové in collaboration with the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) and the FAO-CIHEAM Nut Network. Sessions were onGermplasm and Genetic, Biology and Physiology, Propagation, Orchard Management, Pest and Diseases, Post Harvest, Health and nuts, Industry, Marketing, Crop and International Price Prediction and Economics. The Congress was attended by 125 participants from 20 countries: Turkey, Italy, USA, Spain, France, Portugal, Australia, China, New Zealand, Poland, Chile, Argentina, Ukraine, India, Albania, Austria, Georgia, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Slovenia. A total amount of 107 scientific papers were presented in this Congress, 43 as oral communications and 64 as posters.

III ISHS International Symposium on Chestnut. Chaves, Portugal, 20 – 23 October 2004. Sessions were held on Chestnut Growing. General Reports, Economy and Marketing, Biology, Physiology and Ecology, Breeding, Genetics and Plant Development, Orchard and Forest Management, Harvest and Post-Harvest Storage, and Plant Protection. (http://www.utad.pt/eventos/chestnutcongress/)

5th International Walnut Symposium. Sorrento (Italy), 9-13 November 2004.Organisedunder the Patronage of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Policies (MiPAF) and the National Council of Research (CNR) of Italy. The CIHEAM has collaborated in the organisation through the FAO-CIHEAM Network on Nuts.

Edition of the Proceedings of the "XIII GREMPA Meeting on Pistachios and Almonds". June, 2003, Mirandela, Portugal. Options Méditerranéennes (in press).

Publications

Inventory of walnut research, germplasm and references. Catalogue prepared in the framework of the activities of the FAO/CIHEAM Interregional Cooperative and Research Network on Nuts (ESCORENA). E. Germain Ed. FAO-REU Technical Series No. 66. 264p.

Nucis Newletter. Issue 12

ACTIVITIES DURING 2005 AND 2006

Fourth International Synposium on Pistacho and Almonds, Teheran (Irán), May 2005.

Publication in Options Méditerranéennes of the Proceedings of the "XIII GREMPA Meeting on Pistachios and Almonds". June, 2003, Mirandela, Portugal.

Publication of Nucis Newletter. Issue 13


ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR 2007


RESULTS AND IMPACT

Different results have been obtained from activities carried out within the framework of this network, from the more or less informal exchange of information to the development of a large-scope research project. Since 1990, over 30 meetings on nut tree crops, genetic resources and economics have been organized, alone or jointly with other institutions like ISHS, IPGRI, etc.

Through the network activities, almost all researchers working on nuts in the Mediterranean have been located, and considerable knowledge of their concerns, priorities, programmes and work infrastructures has been gained. A database with their complete addresses and specialist subjects is available at IAMZ.

These exchange activities of the network take place through bilateral contacts, particularly through scientific colloquia such as the GREMPA meetings and through the NUCIS Newsletter, which has become the Newsletter of reference within the field of nuts.

This preliminary knowledge-seeking work has led to a second stage of exchange, prospection and study of the genetic material of nuts in the Mediterranean region.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

During the period 1990-1996 IAMZ co-ordinated a research project on nuts financed by CE-DGVI.

"Diversification des productions fruitières notamment dans les zones en retard de développement par l'amélioration des espèces à fruits à coque non excédentaires: Noyer, Amandier, Pistachier"

PUBLICATIONS

INFORMATION BULLETIN

Thirteen issues of the NUCIS Newsletter, the information bulletin of the Network on Nuts, have been published. Each edition had 1.200 copies to 1.400 copies.

PROCEEDINGS

The specific proceedings of the Network on Nuts are the following:

INVENTORIES

Inventory of almond research, germplasm and references. REUR Technical Series,51 (1997). FAO/CIHEAM, 1997, 232 p.
Inventory of hazelnut research, germplasm and references. REU TECHNICAL SERIES (REUS), 56. A.Y. Köksal (ed.). FAO-REU, FAO-RNE, CIHEAM, 2000, 136p.
Inventory of chestnut research, germplasm and references. REU Technical Series No.65. G. Bounous, (ed.). FAO-CIHEAM, 2002, 185p
Inventory of walnut research, germplasm and references. Catalogue prepared in the framework of the activities of the FAO/CIHEAM Interregional Cooperative and Research Network on Nuts (ESCORENA).. FAO-REU Technical Series, No. 66. E. Germain (ed.).FAO/CIHEAM, 2004, 264p.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5704e/y5704e00.htm

DESCRIPTORS

BARONE, E., PADULOSI, S., VAN MELE, I. (eds.). 1997. Descriptors for Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.). Published by IPGRI, Roma, Italy, 51 pp. (Contribution: Pistachio and Genetic Resources Subnetworks).

KASKA, N., VAN MELE, I. PADULOSI, S. (eds). 1998. Descriptors for Pistacia spp. (excluding Pistacia vera L.). Published by IPGRI, Roma, Italy, 48 pp. (Contribution: Pistachio and Genetic Resources Subnetworks).

Currently in preparation: Descriptors for Hazelnut, IPGRI-CIHEAM.


PUBLICATIONS ISSUED ON THE RESEARCH PROJECT

1/ PUBLICATIONS RELEASED, PAPERS

 


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