CIHEAM-MAIB

Issue 3 Fall 2011

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Fall 2011 Issue 3 Fall 2011

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A:Thinking outside the box is difficult

B:...Thinking inside the box is warm :)

A:...right but stretching the box in the right

way you may have new ideas…INNOVATION

AB:....We agree that thinking outside many

boxes is a big challenge…

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CIHEAM-MAIB

Issue 3 Fall 2011

@iamb community Newsletter

In this issue:

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Fall sentence

“ “...Students helping

students ...”

Editorial information

Editor-in-Chief

Maurizio Raeli

Managing Editor

Noureddin Driouech

Steering committee

Olimpia Antonelli

Stefania Lapedota

Luigi Sisto

Maroun El Moujabber

Editorial office

Istituto Agronomico

Mediterraneo

CIHEAM-MAI of Bari

Via Ceglie, 9

70010 Valenzano (BA)

Italy

Tel.: +390804606203

Fax: +390804606206

E-mail: infoftn@iamb.it

Cover 1

Table of contents 2

Editorial 3-4

Does the Mediterranean still exist? 5

Education/Training & World Food Day

Closing Academic Year 2010-2011 / Opening Academic Year 2011-212

6-7

Training/Research activities : Events endorsed by CIHEAM-MAIB 8-11

L&W division : Training course: Horizon 2020 project 8

IPM division: Training course : Forensic Entomology: Theory and Practice 9

MOA division: 1st International Workshop on Organic Agriculture , GRAB-II

Call for paper

10

E-Learning division : Course announcement 11

Cooperation activities: latest home news and events 12-14

MIRA project: Training seminar 12

SA & RD division : Technical Workshop/ Sustainability of Mediterranean Diet 13

PESCAMED : Forum on Sustainable Mediterranean Fishery 14

Country focus Egypt (part II) 15

Former Trainees Network (FTN) 16-17

Overseas summer course announcement: Leadership Environmental program 18

International Job Opportunities 19

Latest publications: CIHEAM– MAIB and International organization 20

Story from MAIB former students 21-22

Call for contribution to @iamb community newsletter /Editorial information 23

CIHEAM-MAIB

Issue 3 Fall 2011

Editorial

Dear FTN members and readers,

In the framework of @IAMB community the Former Trainees Network

Initiative (FTN) is celebrating its 1st anniversary on December 12

th, 2011. We

are glad to thank all you for your continuous comments, suggestions and

feedback.

Since our first info letter sent on December 12th, 2010, we have completed

about 17011 sent counts (Fig. 1). Moreover, the FTN initiative is experiencing a

rapid increase in the number of confirmed memberships from MAIB former

trainees/students.

For us, it is a gratifying result to have reached a total of 898 members and

users (Fig. 2). Currently, the geographical distribution of the FTN members

covers 20 Mediterranean countries and 37 countries across the world

(Fig. 3 ).

As part of our continuous efforts to better serve the FTN targeted persons, by keeping them well-informed on the latest news/events from CIHEAM-MAIB activities and well connected among each other and with MAIB researchers and staff, we would like to inform you that our web links (follow-up question-naire, Newsletter subscription form and Forum registration) are still available online. The FTN web page will be available soon.

Please should you need any help or assistance do not hesitate to contact us at the following email address: infoftn@iamb.it .

Eventually, to better fulfill your expectations we assure you we will make any possible effort to give continuity to the work and results achieved this year (follow-up research studies, communication and dissemination of MAIB activities).

Best wishes for a happy holiday season and for a happy new year.

With kindest regards,

Maurizio Raeli and Noureddin Driouech

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Fig. 1: Monthly sent counts 2010-2011

Fig. 2: Monthly member increasing trend 2010-2011

Fig. 3: FTN membership across the

Mediterranean area

Fig. 4: Membership across the world

Source: FTN database October-November 2011

Cosimo LACIRIGNOLA – Di rector o f the CIHE AM -Medi ter ranean Agronomi c Inst i tute of Bar i

Does the Mediterranean

still exist?

In the last six months the political and geostrategic equilibrium

of the Mediterranean basin has been disrupted. Young hopeless

graduates who manage to get by have unveiled the social and

economic unrest, the widespread despair and uncertainty for the

future. The protest burst even in the remotest villages, and

swept away the governments of Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, etc. .

Extreme gestures of young unemployed people echoed through-

out the Mediterranean basin by the social network.

This scenario brings up some crucial questions: does the

Mediterranean still exist as an area of shared peace and pros-

perity that Heads of State and Government had designated in

1995 on the occasion of Barcelona Summit? What has become

of the political plan of the Union for the Mediterranean launched

in July 2008 in Paris by 43 Heads of state and government and

strongly supported by Sarkozy? And again what about the politi-

cal strategy of the EU towards the South and East Mediterra-

nean shores? Is the Mediterranean still on the political agenda of

Foreign Affairs and Agricultural Ministers since the protest stems

also from issues linked to food security? As a matter of fact, food

security is an issue which is in the limelight and interweaves with

the political problems. In 2010, five countries (Algeria, Egypt,

Libya, Morocco and Tunisia) totaled 2% of the world population;

however, they account for 6% of cereal consumption in the world

and 18% of world imports. These percentages are increasing

across the region. Demographic evolutions (over 80 million peo-

ple more in the south shore in the last 10 years), the growing

unemployment, mainly of young graduates and in the rural ar-

eas, the impact of the climate change, water scarcity and the

hypervolatility of raw materials prices in agriculture, the diffusion

of financial activities in agriculture, a sector which is increasingly

explored by financial speculators, the land grabbing by foreign

investors (China, Arab Emirates, etc,) are phenomena which

compound access to food and, consequently, cast light on the

strategic dimension of agricultural problems.

Thus, we are confronted with food and political crisis. It is high

time to really create an area of shared peace and prosperity

beyond national solutions so as to solve an increasingly global

and multidimensional crisis. The world population increases

along with the increase in food and energy demand. Photovoltaic

panels, wind blades, lands for the production of bioenergy, proc-

esses of urbanization on farmland, climate change…How can

we produce more with fewer resources and does the world want

to feed the world? And if so, how can that be possible?

Cosimo Lacirignola 2011. Does the Mediterranean still exist? Editorial. New Medit Mediterranean Journal of Economics, Agriculture and

Environment Vol ,X- n. 3/2011.

Nowadays in the world, one individual out of seven has nothing

to feed on. Three fourth of hungry people are very poor individu-

als who are isolated from the urban areas, from trade channels;

they are considered as a sort of social problem with respect to

the rest of the world which devours all sort of resources. Trade

liberalization and its impact are phenomena which are studied by

the wealthy classes of the population while the have-nots suffer

from its effects.

The social frustration of these countries will inevitably bring

forth the cyclical problem of illegal landings of desperate people

from the poorest to richer areas of the Mediterranean shores. It‟s

up to us to decide whether solutions to development problems

and prospects may be shared.

In 2003, in Venezia, 37 Agricultural Ministers met to meditate

on common problems and on possible solutions. Unfortunately,

this meeting did not result in any tangible action for development.

The financial crisis of the last years has cut the financial re-

sources for International cooperation projects thereby aggravat-

ing the fragile economic situation of beneficiary countries.

In the Mediterranean are 39 million people (1 out of 3) are

employed in agriculture: 34 million individuals in the south shore.

In the north shore, agriculture has a multifunctional value, stress

is laid on the quality of production, and provides environmental

and social services. In the south, it is a tool for economic devel-

opment, it helps improving the living conditions in the rural areas

and the food security for a growing population.

The primary objective of mankind is to avail of food in high

amounts and of good quality; hence, the fate of human beings is

linked to the increase in agricultural production.

Farmlands are shrinking; water is a precious re source more

than oil, the biological equilibrium is endangered and the climate

change a new challenge. The dissemination and sharing of scien-

tific knowledge can provide the solutions to the new emergencies

through a better use of resources, the breeding of plants adapted

to dry or saline soils, increasing production.

Economic development is the pre-requirement for a stable

democracy; democracy and development shall be centered onto

human beings, their potential, traditions and shared respect.

For the future of Europe and of the world , it would be unsafe

not to consider the Mediterranean basin as an area of shared

peace and prosperity. Resuming Barcelona process can be cru-

cial for the fate of the region and of its economic development so

as to eventually pursue the principles of peace, stability, and the

human rights shared by all the nations.

..The dissemination and sharing of

scientific knowledge can provide the

solutions to the new emergencies ...

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Education/Training

World Food Day / Closing ceremony, Academic Year 2010-2011 part II

Issue 3 Fall 2011

On Monday October 17th 2011, the celebration of the World Food Day, endorsed by

the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs– Italian Cooperation for Development, was

organized by the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (MAIB) in collaboration

with the Mediterranean Foundation Observatory (MFO). The event dedicated to

“ Food Prices, from Crisis to Stability” was celebrated with a conference entitled:

The Role of Euro-Mediterranean Policies and the Sustainability Management of

Natural Resources under the economic crisis: Impact on prices and food safety”.

Development experts and Operators, Policy makers, Scientists and Academics

discussed the international cooperation and the opportunities offered to developing

countries to increase their competitiveness in the agricultural sector and to promote

the sustainable management of natural resources through higher education and

technical support.

During the event some of the speeches were given

by Mr Adel El Beltagy, President of CIHEAM,

Mr Cosimo Lacirignola , MAIB Director, Mr Nichi

Vendola, President of Apulia Region, Mr Nadir

Mohamed Aziza, MFO General director, Mr Gianni

Bonini, Italian Government delegate at CIHEAM. Mrs

Stefania Craxi, Italian Foreign Affair Undersecretary,

closed the works .

In parallel to the World Food Day, the 2010-2011 Master courses were officially

closed at CIHEAM Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari with an awards

ceremony .

During this second part of the academic year (which started on October 2010), 32

students from 15 countries (Albania, Bosnia, Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan,

Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Serbia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey ) and 5

geographical areas ( South Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa countries ) arrived

at MAIB campus and carried out various Education/Training and Research activities:

10 students completed the second-year Master course program on L&W; 11 students

completed the second-year Master course program on IPM; and 11 students

completed the second-year Master course program on MOA.

After announcing the names of the graduate students, awards were granted to the

best students of each course. The 2010-2011 awardees for the best Master thesis

are:

Mr Rami Abdellatif (L&W, Morocco), “Sweet corn production under deficit

irrigation regimes using treated wastewater”, Mr Mannaa Mohamed (IPM,

Egypt), “Efficiency evaluation of different techniques used for the detection of

Spiroplasma citri, the causal agent of citrus stubborn disease, and genetic

diversity assessment of the S. citri Mediterranean isolates and Miss Houda

Banani (MOA, Morocco), “Molecular characterization of defence mechanisms

activated by resistance inducers against downy mildew in different grapevine

cultivars.

The ceremony was followed by the traditional gala lunch in MAIB garden.

Click to watch the video

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Education/Training

Master of science courses: Land and Water Resources Management-Irrigated Agriculture (L&W) Link Integrated Pest Management of Mediterranean Fruit Trees (IPM) Link Mediterranean Organic Agriculture (MOA) Link Advanced specialised courses: Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (SA& RD) Link

E-Learning (EL) Link

For more

information please

contact:

didattica@iamb.it

Academic year 2011-2012 (Consult our website)

Issue 3 Fall 2011

Opening ceremony, Academic Year 2011-2012

In numbers, figures and graphs

On Wednesday 2nd

No-vember 2011, the 2011-2012 Master courses at CIHEAM Mediterranean Agronomic Institute officially started and

about 117 students arrived to MAIB campus. 1

st year Master students: 61

26 students in the L&W course

19 students in the IPM course

16 students in the MOA course

2nd

year Master students : 33

12 students in the L&W course

11 students in the IPM course

10 students in the MOA course

Advanced specialized course 23 students in SARD

During the opening ceremony of the new academic

year, Mr C. Lacirignola, MAIB director, welcomed

the new students and introduced MAIB staff and

researchers.

Moreover, he emphasized the importance of multi-

cultural community and its related issues which can

provide opportunities for cultural understanding and

self-development under the principle of cooperation.

Source: FTN data base, November 2011

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Land and Water Resources Management Division

lamaddalena@iamb.it

Horizon 2020 Capacity Building/Mediterranean Environment

Programme Study Visit “Reuse of treated waste water

and

Title

26-29 September 2011 Period

Albania, Algeria, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Croatia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Leba-non, Montenegro, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey.

Partners countries

To support the implementation of Horizon 2020 with a special focus on

environmental mainstreaming

Main objective

It aims to address the following problems:

Low political priority given to the environment;

Insufficient integration of environment in the different sector policies (agriculture, tourism, transport or energy) and lack of inclusion of the different actors from local to international level;

Insufficient capacities and resources at institutional and civil society level.

The purpose is to support the implementation of the Horizon 2020 Initiative Road Map and Work Plan through capacity building and awareness raising activities, and to promote integration of environment issues in other sectors

Adressed problem

and specific

purpose

Partners institutions

Purpose

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Integrated Pest Management Division donghia@iamb.it

Forensic Entomology: theory and practice

Training course endorsed by CIHEAM MAIB

For further information contact Francesco Porcelli:

entomologiaforense.italia@googlemail.com

'Gruppo Italiano Entomologia Forense Gruppo Italiano Entomologia Forense'

From 23 to 26 November 2011, a training course on

" Forensic Entomology: theory and practice” was held in

Bari. The course was organized by Gruppo Italiano per

l'Entomologia Forense (GIEF), in collaboration with GIPF

(Gruppo Italiano di Patologia Forense), CIHEAM-IAM-Bari,

University of Bari Aldo Moro and University of Molise.

The course aimed to supply 40 participants (PhD and Ms

specialized in legal medicine) with basic concepts on how to

approach forensic entomology. Furthermore participants

had the opportunity to attend lectures and seminars given by National and International scientific

experts (Universities and Institutions from Germany, Italy, France and UK) . During the opening

session, after GIEF President Francesco Porcelli welcome and work course introduction, partici-

pants were introduced to the importance of entomological evidences in medico-legal prospec-

tive, the issues of multi-disciplinary, transdisciplinary and intersectorial knowledge integration

(Entomology, Pathology, Botanic, Anthropology.. etc) in forensic investigation, and legal validity

of a scientific evidence during the lawsuit.

In the following sessions, students attended theoretical part of the

course on various topics about post-mortal phenomena, determina-

tion of PMI, animal experimentation and comparison with human

model, collection of entomological evidence, forensic taphonomy,

forensic botanic, forensic veterinary medicine, DNA analysis, using

a data-logger and 3D reconstruction of crime scene.

The practical course activities were covered through two

demonstrations: using a pork carcass to learn the correct way of

inspection and how to collect entomological evidences, and the

functions of SEM, scanning electron microscope, and correct use of

a data-logger.

At the end of the training course students were able to approach microscopic and photographical

techniques useful during samples preparation and observation.

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Mediterranean Organic Agriculture Division

raeli@iamb.it

Organic Farming: a Sustainable Model for Transition

in the Mediterranean

University of Ancona, Italy ANCONA, 10-11 May 2012

Papers are welcomed from all fields of organic farming covering a wide range of topics including:

1. Mediterranean Organic Farming and new consumption models; 2. The impact of climate changes on soil management and defence of cultural

practices in Mediterranean crop and livestock production; 3. Organic Aquaculture and sustainable fishing in the Mediterranean regions; 4. Nutritional and organoleptic quality of the organic product in the Mediterranean

area; 5. Transition towns and organic farming in the Mediterranean regions; 6. The role of renewable energies in the Mediterranean organic farming; 7. Economic policies for Mediterranean organic farming; 8. Energetic and ethical efficiency and management of human and social resources

in the organic supply chain; 9. Multifunctionality of organic farm (landscape and biodiversity maintenance,

education, recreation, etc.)

Title

Place and date

Paper topics

The International workshop is endorsed by

CIHEAM– MAI Bari

Call for papers on-line link

Instruction for authors: Learn more

Registration: Learn more (click here to get registration form)

Submission deadline: 20 January

Download the brochure

For further information please contact: Link to Workshop web site Tel.: 0039- 071‐2204474 Fax: 0039-071‐2204994 E‐mail: ancona2012@grab.it

Università Politecnica delle Marche Via Brecce Bianche / Facoltà di Agraria

Useful information

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E-learning Division

l.sisto@iamb.it

Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Systems for

Small-Scale Farmers

Title

20 February –30 September 2012 Period

Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs-DGCS Financed by

Applicants from Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Egypt, Iraq,

Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya , Mauritania, Morocco,

Palestine, Serbia and Tunisia are eligible.

Eligible countries

The training aims at providing participants with an understanding of the basic

sustainable agricolture concepts and principles, emphasising the differences with

respect to modern intensive agricultural production and its processes. Small-scale

farmers‟ conditions will be analysed, with specific focus on their innovation

capacities to improve agricultural productions and their livelihoods using

conservative practices and an efficient management of the available natural

resources. Students will acquire insights into the innovation systems in sustainable

agriculture, enhancing their capacity to identify the stakeholders (organizations,

institutions, groups, individuals) and determinants (policies, biophysical, cultural

and socio-economic conditions), which contribute to and/or influence smallscale

farmers‟ innovations, including the ability to assess the typology of the relationships

between small-scale farmers and the external environment that favours the

development of innovation, with the main determinants influencing the process.

Objectives

It is crucial for the candidate to receive full support of the institution sponsoring him/

her. This is due to the fact that participants will be allowed to attend the online

phase of the course by using their sponsoring institution‟s communication facilities

and devoting about 6/8 hours (about 1 to 2 hours per day) per week to the activities

of the course modules.

Please submit your application (Application form + CV) to the Italian Embassy in

your home country by 8 January 2012 and forward a copy to our institute by email

to infofad@iamb.it.

Selection of candidates will be jointly made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

officials together with MAIB staff, and only applications received through the Italian

Embassies will be taken into consideration.

Information for

candidates

COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT

Click here to get:

Programme

Application form

Deadline for

application:

9 January, 2012

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AGENDA

SESSION 1: Overview of FP7 and new perspectives

SESSION 2: Drafting a successful project proposal and designing sustainable scientific cooperation

SESSION 3 : Submission and evaluation of proposals

SESSION 4: Project Management

Please click here to get Training seminar AGENDA

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Training Seminar: Capacity Building for MPCs to improve

participation in FP projects

CIHEAM MAI Bari-Italy, 26-28 October 2011

MAIB contact: Chiara Morini c.morini@iamb.it

Training Seminar organized in the framework of Work Package 3 - Task 5

MIRA : The Mediterranean Innovation and Research Action (MIRA) is an INCO-Net Coordination Action financed by the International Cooperation - Capacities Program of the 7th Frame-work Program of the European Union. It aims at developing a scientific and technological partnership between the European Union (EU) and the Mediterranean Partner Countries (MPC), by the use of dialogue platforms, identifying topics of common scientific interest, promoting the creation of an Observatory of EU-MPC scientific cooperation, and promoting the development of the Euro-Mediterranean Innovation Space and other join initiatives with a research component such as the Horizon2020 Program of de-contamination of the Mediterranean. Moreover, it support to the functioning of the Monitoring Committee for Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation in S&T (MoCo). Learn more

LATEST HOME NEWS and EVENTS

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International technical workshop: “Guidelines for the Sustainability

of the Mediterranean Diet”; Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of

CIHEAM MAI Bari-Italy, 28-29 November 2011

LATEST HOME NEWS and EVENTS

The Mediterranean Diet was recently recognized by

UNESCO, in November 2010, as an intangible cultural

heritage of the humanity. According to the definition

provided by the International technical Workshop on

“Biodiversity and Sustainable Diets” - held from 3rd to 5th

November, 2010, at FAO‟s headquarter in Rome -

“...Sustainable diets are those diets with low environ-

mental impacts which contribute to food and nutrition

security and to healthy life for present and future gen-

erations. Sustainable diets are protective and respectful of biodiversity and ecosys-

tems, culturally acceptable, accessible, economically fair and affordable; nutritionally

adequate, safe and healthy; while optimizing natural and human resources.” Based on

such a shared definition and taking into consideration the recommendations and guidelines of

the Steering Committee - that held its meeting in Bari on May 26, 2011 – the MAI-B

organised on November 28-29, 2011, an international workshop to formulate “Guidelines for

the Sustainability of the Mediterranean Diet”. The workshop will involve 43 experts

(nutritionists, agronomists, economists, social scientists) from the EU, Balkans, North Africa

and Middle East as well as many international organisations (FAO, Bioversity International,

UNEP, FENS, IUNS, Fundación Dieta Mediterránea, ICAF). The Guidelines comprised:

features of the Mediterranean diet common to the different Mediterranean food cultures; steps

and measures to safeguard and promote the Mediterranean diet; and recommendations for

multi-sectoral policy instruments to ensure the sustainability of the Mediterranean agro-food

systems. The workshop tried also identify the characteristics of the Mediterranean diet that

can serve as a model for sustainable diets in other regions. The formulation of the Guidelines

was based on a multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary and intersectorial effort around the follow-

ing research and action priority areas: nutrition and health aspects of the Mediterranean diet;

social and economical sustainability of the Mediterranean diet; relationship between the

Mediterranean diet and traditional knowledge in Mediterranean communities; environmental

impacts of Mediterranean agro-food systems on natural resources in the region, particularly

on the climate change (mitigation and adaptation); and contribution of the Mediterranean diet

to biodiversity promotion of Mediterranean agro-food systems.

MAIB Contact: Roberto Capone capone@iamb.it

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FORUM SULLA PESCA SOSTENIBILE NEL MEDITERRANEO

FORUM SUR LA PÊCHE DURABLE EN MÉDITERRANÉE

FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE MEDITERRANEAN FISHERY

CIHEAM MAI Bari-Italy, 1‐2 December 2011

The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari ( IAMB) has been appointed by the General Direction of Fishery and Aquaculture of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Policies (MIPAAF), to organize the Forum on the EU Reform Policies for Fishery Sector, which was held in Bari (Italy) on 1st and 2nd December 2011. The Forum presented and discussed the new proposal regarding the European Union Reform of the Fishery Sector with the national professional organi-zations and sector stakeholders.

This Forum is a follow up of the project

PESCAMED* and will offer a good opportunity for

sharing common knowledge for sustainable fishery

management in the Mediterranean.

AGENDA

THURSDAY 1 DECEMBER :

Preliminary meeting

FRIDAY 2 DECEMBER : FORUM

“ Reflections on the EU Reform of the

new Common Fisheries Policy”

Click here to get the FORUM PROGRAMME

LATEST HOME NEWS and EVENTS

MAIB contact: Biagio Di Terlizzi diterlizzi@iamb.it * Learn more about PESCAMED: http://www.pescamed.it

Country focus: Egypt part II (see part 1)

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The S.P.I.I.E. pro-ject - Integrated pro-duction systems be-tween Italy and Egypt* ­has been implemented by eight Italian regional a d m i n i s t r a t i o n s (Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Regione Sicil iana, Cam-pania, Molise, Lazio and Friuli Venezia Giulia) and co-funded by the Italian Ministries of Foreign

Affairs and of Economic Development within the Framework Programme of the South shore of the Mediterranean. The project has been coor-dinated by the Regione Puglia in collaboration with the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (IAM Bari), the Italian affiliate of CIHEAM, International Centre for Advanced Mediterra-nean Agronomic Studies. The basis of the project is the will to build and stabilize a decen-tralized institutional cooperation framework through the strengthening of the partnership between Italian regions and the national and local Egyptian authorities.

The project is aimed at the harmonization of voluntary and binding rules and the improve-ment in quality of fruit and vegetable production in Egypt, while respecting the seasonality and complementarily with the Italian production. Special focus has been laid on the development of procedures and protocols between the two countries aimed at the transfer and sharing of information between the inspection bodies of ingoing and outgoing goods between Egypt and Italy, to facilitate trade between the two

EGYPT*-ITALY PARTNERSHIP STRENGHTENED BY THE S.P.I.I.E. PROJECT

*: Egypt has been CIHEAM member since 1986

Countries. The project activities have been carried out in collaboration with the implementing bodies of partner Regions (CIHEAM-IAMB, Metapontum Agrobios, ARSSA Calabria, Sviluppo Sicilia, ISVE Campania, Coldiretti Campania, Sviluppo Lazio and ERSA - Friuli Venezia Giulia) and the ARC-HRI (Agriculture Researeh Centre-Horticulture Research Institute) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation

This publication collets the project documents worked out with the Egyptian partners, and it is structured in different parts: Part 1: Guidelines for the Application of the GMP in fruit and vegetable peaking houses; Part 2: Guidelines for the Field Applica-tion of the GAP; Part 3: Model of farm trace-ability manual; Part 4: Overview of the main voluntary standards for the European market (GlobalGap, BRC, IFS) Part 5: Manual for the correct use of agrochemicals and crop protection guide for each selected crop (table grapes, protected tomato, apricot, peach, strawberry, green bean, pea, artichoke, citrus fruit, sweet pepper, cucumber, melon and potato); Part 6: technical and commercial specifi-cations of produce describing quality requirements and providing information on the packaging and transportation of the products intended for marketing, in compliance with the current European regulations.

Former Trainees Network (FTN) Initiative driouech@iamb.it

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For almost 50 years, The CIHEAM-Istituto Agronomico di Bari (MAIB) recognised the significant role of students and Alumni in defining and shaping its missions. In addition, CIHEAM-MAIB seeks mutually supportive life-long relationships with the global community of its past and present graduates. In order to de-velop and strengthen these relationships, CIHEAM-IAMB set up the Former Trainees Network (FTN). Therefore, FTN is the key volunteer trainees organisation in international higher

agricultural education and research in Mediterranean Basin.

Objectives

Serving as a common space where it is possible to gather information on the Mediterranean cooperation initiatives and inter-regional programmes promoted by CIHEAM-MAIB.

Increasing public awareness on Mediterranean inter-regional programmes: Publish-ing and disseminating information on training, research and cooperation activities to foster CIHEAM-MAIB inter-regional objectives and programmes.

Support Alumni career development through life-long learning (postgraduate study, follow-up advanced specialized short courses, workshops…etc), and facilitate ac-cess to business network and employment/job opportunities.

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We are here!

We updated and

maintained contacts

We carried out a

Follow-up research

study

We are disseminating

CIHEAM MAIB activities

and results.

Where are we going ?

We are looking for funds

and human resources

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HOW TO JOIN FTN initiative?

FTN membership list is restricted only to Former Trainees/Students of

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari

By filling out the survey questionnaire you confirm your membership to @iamb com-munity system and help us in reconnecting you with MAIB staff and researchers, Alumni and worldwide experts.

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Environment Leadership Program-UC Berkeley (ELP)

The Beahrs ELP links the complex local and global socio-environmental challenges of practitioners and decision-makers around the world with interdiscipli-nary perspectives in environmental and natural resource science, policy and lead-ership at UC Berkeley. The core component of the ELP is an annual three-week summer course in Sustainable Environmental Management held on the Berkeley campus. Course graduates become members of the Berkeley ELP Alumni Network that supports on-going learning, peer exchange and collaborative research and policy projects through the Small Grants Initiative.

Each summer 40 mid-career environment and sustainable development professionals participate from international organizations, academia, government, NGOs and the private sector. A limited number of partial scholarships are avail-

able. Unfortunately, there are no full scholarships.

OVERSEAS SUMMER COURSE

ANNOUNCEMENT

The application deadline is January 9, 2012.

2012 Summer Certificate Course in

Sustainable Environmental Management JUNE 28 - JULY 20, 2012

Please contact program administrator, Anita Ponce (aniponce@berkeley.edu, beahrselp@berkeley.edu)

Costs: Cost fee is US 8.000

Online application LINK or click here to get application form

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Job Opportunities

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Position Title: Research/Senior Research Fellow, Nigeria Strategy Support Program

Client: International Food Policy Research Institute (www.ifpri.org)

Position Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Job Summary: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) seeks a qualified candidate to serve as a Research Fellow/Senior Research Fellow and Leader of its country strategy support program in Nige-ria for a two year, fixed-term, renewable appointment. The position will be based in Abuja, Nigeria and reports to the Director of the Development Strategy and Governance Division. Grade level will be determined by demonstrated expertise and experience. The Nigeria country strategy support program aims to enhance Nigerian capacity for evidence-based policymaking in the areas of agriculture and rural development and poverty reduction. It supports research and capacity strengthening for the implementation of Nigeria's national and state develop-ment strategies. It addresses policy effectiveness and coherence within the agricultural sector as well as between the agricultural sector and other sectors key to economic growth and poverty reduction in that country. Key research and capacity strengthening activities will be carried out with a broad array of agricultural sector stakeholders, including Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, other concerned federal and state government departments, key Nigerian research institutes and universities, the National Assembly, and selected private sector and nongovernmental organizations.

Essential Duties: Learn more….LINK Required Qualifications:

PhD in Economics, Agricultural Economics, Public Policy, Public Finance or closely related

field.

Five or more years of post-PhD research and outreach experience in agricultural policy issues, with internationally recognized publications.

Experience in policymaking or advisory position, and strong team-building and networking skills.

Knowledge and experience working on gender issues.

Knowledge and experience working in Africa, preferably Nigeria.

Ability to work across disciplines and cultures.

Excellent written and spoken English. To Apply: Applicants should email a detailed letter of interest and resume to hbrykarz@globalrecruitment.net

For more information please contact Helena Brykarz

Global Recruitment Specialists PO Box 7382 Berkeley, CA 94707 tel.: 510.527.3316 email: hbrykarz@globalrecruitment.net

skype: helenabrykarz http://www.globalrecruitment.net

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OPTION MEDITERR A-NEENES

N° 65 Citrus tristeza virus

and Toxoptera citricidus: a

serious threat to the Medi-

terranean citrus industry

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N° 98 Dialogues on Mediter-

ranean water challenges:

Rational water use, water

price versus value and

lessons learned from the

European Water Frame-

work Directive

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n°03 / 2011

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PhD studies Progress of MAIB Former Trainees

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Mme Nataša Čereković Former Master student on L&W Academic Years 2006-2008

Nataša Čereković was born in Banja Luka in 1976, after completing elementary and grammar school, she graduated in 2006 as Agricultural Engineer in General Agriculture at University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agri-culture, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Having completed her bachelor degree and working several months as a volunteer in a local nongovern-mental organization, Nataša continued her study at Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari-Italy (CIHEAM-MAIB). In 2006, she got a Master‟s Degree in Land and Water Management (L&W) discussing a thesis, supervised by Richard Snyder (Davis Univer-sity, California, USA) and Mladen Todorović on “Evaluation of crop coefficients for tomato and melon crops grown in a Mediterranean climate“. By using lysimeter data from Policoro, Italy, Nataša was able to improve the assessment of annual crop coefficient curves for tomato and melon crops, and she showed that there was a linear relationship between the crop coefficient curves of the two crops cumulative growing degree days and that there was a logarithmic relation-ship between the crop coefficient curves and the leaf area index. Nataša also found that mulching increased the peak crop coefficient and reduced the length of growing season for melon. After her MAIB‟s study and experience, she returned back home looking for an employment. After realizing that finding a job in her home country was going to be a serious problem, although she was highly qualified for the positions she applied for, Natasa turned to find-ing a PhD abroad. In December 2009, she had started to work as teach-ing assistant at University of Private Bussines Banja Luka, Faculty of Ecology. In August 2010, Nataša’s potentials due to her pre-vious master work from IAMB were recognized and she got a PhD position at the Aarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Food Science, Denmark.

“MAIB Master former students have potential for

PhD studies at International level….. ”

In order to continue her scientific career, considering her current position as a teaching assistant at the University of Private Business Banja Luka, Faculty of Ecology, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, she decided to move to Denmark and work on her PhD. The title of her PhD thesis is “Plasticity of black cur-rants in a changing climate; focus on water effi-ciency“. She is working under supervision of Karen Koefoed Petersen from Aarhus University, Denmark and Rex Brennan from James Hutton Institute, Scot-land. Also, she is working closely under supervision of Hanne Lakkenborg Kristensen and Lillie Andersen, both from Aarhus University, Denmark. Changing climatic conditions are becoming a limiting factor in the sustainable production of black currants from existing commercial cultivars in Denmark. The overall aim of her PhD thesis is to identify elite culti-vars that have adaptive and phenotypic plasticity and are therefore more likely to remain productive during unfavourable weather conditions. This will be achieved by identifying specific traits such as an abil-ity to maintain productivity and quality, and increase water use efficiency during drought or heavy rain stress and recovery phases. This project will provide underpinning knowledge so that growers are able to sustain both productivity and quality when climatic conditions become limiting. Moreover, the project will evaluate the ability of elite cultivars to cope with stress and to recover after stress by looking at the interaction between water stress, root growth and photosynthesis. The rate of recovery following drought or extreme rainfall is significantly correlated to plant plasticity and this rate of recovery will provide a screening tool to identify cultivars that can adjust to unstable climatic conditions. The PhD work is partly financed by the Interreg IVB, North Sea Region Programme (2007-2013) through

Project ID: 35-2-05-09 („ClimaFruit‟)

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“MAIB Master former students have potential for

PhD studies at International level….. ”

Photo 6: Black currants

Photo 4: participation to Economics of Drought and drought

Preparedness in a Climate Change Context FAO workshop

Istanbul Turkey 4-6 March 2010

Photo 1 : CIHEAM MAIB field experiments

Photo 5: Experiment design at Aarhus University,

Denmark 2011

Photo 2: Crop of non-mulched (foreground)

and mulched (background) melons Italy 2008

Photo 3: Tomato crops in the field at the begin-

ning of crop development stage Italy 2008

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