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

COORDINATION OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA ARIMNet2 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 2014-2015 (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

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

Proposal submission Consortium composition

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

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

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

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