1. ARIMNet2 Governing Board Meeting
27-28 October 2016, Rome, Italy
Overview of the 3 Mediterranean Transnational Calls for Research Proposals
Sanaa zebakh, , IAV Morocco
Fabrice Dentressangle, , ANR, France 1

2. COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA
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COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA
3 calls have been launched by the 14 participating countries
1st call in 2011 (ARIMNet). 3 Topics
Production system
Food chain
Landscape management
2nd call in (ARIMNet2). 3 Topics
Production system, including aquaculture
Food chain / Agro-industry & Policies
3rd call in 2016 (ARIMNet 2). 2 Topics
Promoting sustainable agriculture for socio-economic development
Valorising local products through food value chains improvement

3. Proposal submission Coordination per country
Participation conditions: Minimum 3 Partners: 1 UE and 1 non-UE
Coordination per country

4. Proposal submission
Consortium composition

5. Participating countries
Funded projects
Dates
Participating countries
Budget (M€)
Submitted proposals
Eligible
proposals
External Experts + SEC
Funded projects
1st call:
June 2011–
25 Sept 2011 11
6.5 83 79
154 10
2nd call*:
15 Sept 2014–
1 Dec 2014
14 (16 FA) 7
191 pre- proposals
55 full proposals
invited
146 53
110 +
13 SEC
(73 partners)
3rd call:
1 June –
Nov 2016
14 (15 FA)
5.8
102 78
126
17 SEC
tbc
*Two steps procedure

6. Funded: 2011 (10 projects) / 2014-2015 (10 projects) / 2016 (tbc)
Copping with water scarcity / Soil
APMed- Apple and Peach in Mediterranean orchards – Integrating tree water status and irrigation management for coping with water scarcity and aphid control
ARIDWASTE- Development of specific agricultural practices with the use of recycled wastes suitable for intensively cultivated Mediterranean areas under degradation risk
SALTFREE Salinization in irrigated areas: risk evaluation and prevention
MASCC Mediterranean Agricultural Soils Conservation under global Change
Improving livestock systems
CLIMED- The future of Mediterranean Livestock Farming Systems: Opportunity and efficiency of Crops – Livestock Integration
DOMESTIC- Mediterranean biodiversity as a tool for the sustainable development of the small ruminant sector: from traditional knowledge to innovation
 Biodiversity
Plant sciences- drought adaptations -
MEDILEG- Breeding, agronomic and biotechnological approaches for reintegration and revalorization of legumes in Mediterranean agriculture
REFORMA-Resilient, water- and energy-Efficient FORage and feed crops for Mediterranean Agricultural systems
BacPlant-Towards a sustainable agriculture by increasing plant tolerance to biotic stress under climatic change
BEST Exploring genotypic diversity to optimize barley grain and straw quality under marginal/stressful growth conditions

7. Funded: 2011 (10 projects) / 2014-2015 (10 projects) / 2016 (tbc)
Food Safety & origin :
SAFEMED- Food safety regulations, market access and international competition
MedOOmics: Mediterranean Extra Virgin Olive Oil Omics: profiling and fingerprinting
Plant & Animal Health, pest and disease
SWIPE-Predicting whitefly population outbreaks in changing environments
PESTOLIVE-Contribution of olive history for the management of soil-borne parasites in the Medi Bas
POHMED- Potato Health - Managed for Efficiency and Durability
AVIAMED: AVIan viral disease prevention and control with plant vaccines for the MEDiterranean area
EMERAMB:Emergent viruses and virus vectors in Mediterranean Basin crops
BrucMednetImprovement of epidemiological and serological tools for diagnosis and control of Brucellosis in the Mediterranean region
ORPRAMed Risk assessment of introduction of Xanthomonas citri subsp citri through commercial trade of ornamental rutaceous plants in the Mediterranean basin
STomP Sustainable Tomato Production: plant defense enhancement, development of new biopesticides and optimization of environmental, water and chemical inputs

8. ARIMNet2 AKIS Conference, 12-13 October 2016, Antalya, Turkey
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ARIMNet2 AKIS Conference, October 2016, Antalya, Turkey