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PRIMA Partnership for Research & Innovation in the Mediterranea Area
Non profit organization
The Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) is an initiative launched by 19 Euro-Mediterranean Countries, including 11 EU States (Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain) and 8 non-EU countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey) to participate in an EU joint research and innovation programme.
In the legal framework of Article 185 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFUE) this ambitious initiative is set up to build research and innovation capacities and to develop knowledge and common innovative solutions for water management and agro-food systems on both shores of the Mediterranean inspired
by principles of co-ownership, mutual interest and shared benefits across the Mediterranean basin. PRIMA works on four thematic areas namely
MANAGEMENT OF WATER: Integrated and sustainable management of water for arid and semi-arid Mediterranean areas. FARMING SYSTEMS: Sustainable farming systems under Mediterranean environmental constraints. AGRO-FOOD VALUE CHAIN: Sustainable Mediterranean agro-food value chain for regional and local development and WEFE Nexus: Interlinkage between water, energy, food and ecosystems in the Mediterranean.
Sustainability
The temperature rise due to climate change has led to a yield reduction of important fruit and nut trees in the Mediterranean. In this scope, scientists from different fields have […]
Sustainability
Based on the principles of circular economy, SIMTAP project has developed a prototype (“algae unit”) that exploits the hydroponic greenhouse crops byproducts to grow algae and feed the aquaculture more […]
Sustainability
The world population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, and food demand will increase proportionally. To answer these needs, by 2050, food production must increase by 60-100%. The […]
Sustainability
The successful example of the Spanish olive grower Cruz Esteban and the SUSTAINOLIVE team of the University of Jaén. For several years now, the olive growers and the managers of […]
Legumes
Faba beans and vetches local landraces are exploited from the DiVicia project to make the cereal-cropping system more resilient to climate change and support food security in the Mediterranean. Agriculture […]