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50 years sharing knowledge across the Mediterranean

IAMZ-CIHEAM celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019. Since 1969 our organisation has united over 30,000 people from across the Mediterranean and further afield in the common pursuit of education and cooperation. We are very proud to count on so many students, lecturers, cooperation partners and supporters in this common goal.

Mediterranean Agribusiness School (MABS)

A program to introduce students to the Mediterranean agribusiness environment focusing on the European Union (EU) as well as the culinary and cultural riches of Spain. It is a varied co-curricular program with study trips to dierent cities in Spain, as well as visits to successful agrifood companies and activities in and around Zaragoza. The program will last 4 weeks with the possibility of staying an extra month to do an internship in a Spanish company. Zaragoza (Spain), June-July 2019

Big data techniques and applications in the agri-food system

From 17 to 21 June 2019 IAMZ-CIHEAM will be organizing an advanced course on big data techniques and applications in the agri-food system. The volume of available data has doubled in the past five years. This is creating new opportunities for business and science alike, and can assist the agrifood system to create more powerful processes.

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FAO experts in the course “Seafood Value Chain Analysis”, organised by the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ-CIHEAM)

This week, the course “Seafood Value Chain Analysis” will be covering new tools and trends in a key sector contributing to economic growth and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The course is part of the special activities organised on the occasion of CIHEAM’s 50th anniversary....

Agreement of cooperation between the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza and the National Institute of Field Crops of Tunisia

Joint actions will be promoted in the areas of plant breeding, protected crops, water governance and irrigation...

CIHEAM President and Secretary General for Agriculture in Morocco visits IAMZ to celebrate its 50th anniversary

Mohammed Sadiki, President of the Governing Board of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) and Secretary General for Agriculture and Fisheries of the Government of Morocco, and Plácido Plaza, Secretary General of CIHEAM, have listened to IAMZ’s work plan and objectives for the forthcoming years....

Big data techniques and applications in the agri-food system

From 17 to 21 June 2019, CIHEAM Zaragoza will be organizing an advanced course for professionals on big data techniques and applications in the agri-food system. The course will involve international expert lecturers and is organized together with ICARDA....

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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....

L’Égyptien Farm Fresh investit 7,3 M€ pour accroître ses capacités de production

ÉGYPTE. Grâce à plusieurs financements, principalement européens, l'entreprise familiale égyptienne Farm Fresh va construire une nouvelle usine à Alexandrie pour tripler sa production.

Innovation for Sustainable Sheep and Goat Production in Europe

iSAGE will enhance the sustainability, competitiveness and resilience of the European Sheep and Goat sectors through collaboration between industry and research. iSAGE have a powerful consortium with 18 industry representatives from various EU production systems and socio-economic contexts.

Social Innovation in Marginalised Rural Areas

SIMRA seeks to advance understanding of social innovation (SI) and innovative governance in agriculture, forestry and rural development (RD), and how to boost them, particularly in marginalised rural areas across Europe, with a focus on the Mediterranean region (including non-EU) where there is limited evidence of outcomes and supporting conditions.

Mediterranean Aquaculture Integrated Development

Production and productivity of Mediterranean marine fish aquaculture, mainly seabass and seabream, are stagnating or growing slowly as a result of multiple and interrelated causes. To accomplish the objective of improving its competitiveness and sustainability, MedAID is structured in a first interdisciplinary WP to assess technical, environmental, market, socioeconomic and governance weaknesses.