CIHEAM Zaragoza

Mediterranean forest health in the context of global change

CIHEAM Zaragoza together with the European Forest Institute (EFI), through the EFI’s Mediterranean Facility (EFIMED), with the collaboration of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), through the Working Party 7.03.14 organize this advanced course to present the current knowledge, concepts, criteria and methods concerning forest health assessment, monitoring and management in a context of global change.

International Master in Agro-Food Marketing

This programme  provides a global and integrated vision of the components of agro-food marketing, placing particular emphasis on the international dimension of agribusiness marketing strategies, which is supported through a comprehensive teaching system that combines lectures, practicals, tutored group work, visits to firms, and round table discussions with experts from firms in the sector, as well as a market research conducted by students upon the proposal of an agro-food firm to analyse challenges faced and propose strategic marketing solutions. With students and lecturers from over 30 countries, this Master provides a unique opportunity to create an international network of contacts and collaborators, a key asset for enhancing professional development and transition into the job market.

CIHEAM Zaragoza was established in 1969 and is one of the four Institutes of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), together with Bari in Italy, Montpellier in France and Chania in Greece. The headquarters of the Organization are based in Paris. CIHEAM’s objectives are to develop cooperation between the countries of the Mediterranean through a comprehensive training and education programme, promoting strategic research and cooperation in the areas of agro-food, fisheries and natural resources and to enhance political dialogue on these issues in the region.

International Master in Animal Nutrition

CIHEAM Zaragoza, together with the University of Zaragoza and the Spanish Foundation for the Development of Animal Nutrition (FEDNA), have designed an innovative programme providing in-depth knowledge of nutrition systems for cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, poultry and rabbits through analysis of modern, sustainable techniques and methods. This multidisciplinary Master is delivered by more than 60 highly qualified professionals from 9 countries, chosen for their expertise and reputation, and is supported through a comprehensive teaching system combining lectures, practicals, individual tutored work and visits to livestock farms, businesses and research centres.

Director Raúl Compés speaks at 13 Congress of Food Economics

The Director of CIHEAM Zaragoza, Raúl Compés, participated in the 3rd Plenary Session of the 13 Congress of Food Economics, titled “Cooperation, rural development and SDGs”, organized by the Spanish Association of Agricultural Economics and held at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena last 3 September

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Advanced International Course on Social Innovation in Rural Areas

A one-week training course will be organised in the framework of the H2020 EU-funded project Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas (SIMRA) at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ-CIHEAM) on 18-22 November 2019 to address the importance of social innovation in less-favoured rural areas....

Official visit of CIHEAM Secretary General to Spain

CIHEAM Secretary General, Plácido Plaza, met Spain's Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, in Madrid on March 6 as part of his first official visit....

Climate change is the region’s ultimate enemy

Last week, a draft report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that warming across the Mediterranean will be about 20 percent higher than global averages in the decades to come as the region is hit by devastating heatwaves, water shortages, loss of biodiversity and risks to food production.The release of these initial findings coincided with wildfires, mainly caused by record high temperatures, raging through vast wooded regions of Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Lebanon in recent weeks.

Smart Cultural Tourism as a Driver of Sustainable Development of European Regions

SmartCulTour aims to support regional development in European regions, with special attention to rural peripheries and the urban fringe, through sustainable cultural tourism. The project redefines cultural tourism through a contemporary lens and provides a comprehensive measurement framework for supply, demand and impacts. In order to support knowledge-led destination management, a decision-support system (DSS) will be developed for widescale monitoring purposes across European regions.

New Technologies, Tools and Strategies for a Sustainable, Resilient and Innovative European Aquaculture

The vision of the EU aquaculture industry is to grow substantially in the next decade and to provide annually 4.5 million tons of sustainable food products. To this aim, NewTechAqua intends to expand and diversify EU production of finfish, molluscs and microalgae by developing and validating technologically-advanced, resilient and sustainable new solutions.

Research-based participatory approaches for adopting Conservation Agriculture in the Mediterranean Area

The CAMA project aims to identify the main barriers that hinder Conservation Agriculture (CA) adoption by smallholders of Mediterranean countries and to overcome them with a participatory research approach based on the use of field experiments and pilot case studies in several conditions and the development of an extensive programme of dissemination and training.