1. “MEDITERRANEAN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE”
Workshop on
“MEDITERRANEAN SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE”
Synthesis of the Scoping Questionnaire for the establishment of national FAB research priorities
for the future MED – EU research collaboration
Nicola Lamaddalena and Chiara Morini
Mediterranean Agronomic Institut of Bari - CIHEAM - IAMB
Bari - Italy, July 2009

2. OBJECTIVE OF THE SCOPING QUESTIONNAIRE
The MIRA project team prepared a questionnaire that was submitted to the National Contact Points (NCP).
Through this questionnaire, a number of relevant information were collected on the state of art of Food, Agriculture, Fisheries and Biotechnology (FAB) research in the Mediterranean Partner Countries.
The main objective is to provide the FAB thematic workshop with a clear picture of the Med research priorities as related to the FP7 cooperation FAB theme research. For this reason, the questionnaire is based on the FP7 FAB taxonomy.
The questionnaire was filled out by the National Contact Points or by a competent national institution.
The collected inputs enable to validate the most important topics to be addressed.

3. Work Program 2009 of the 7th FP - Cooperation - Theme 2
Q1 – Level of priorities for each MPC related to Research Topics on FAB under the
Work Program 2009 of the 7th FP - Cooperation - Theme 2
FAB Activity
FAB area
Level of priority
High
Moderate
Limited
Activity 2.1:
Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest and aquatic environment
Area Enabling research
Area Increased sustainability of all production systems (agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture); plant health and crop protection
Area Optimised animal health, production and welfare across agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture
Area Socio-economic research and support to policies
Activity 2.2
Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Area Consumers
Area Nutrition
Area Food processing
Area Food quality and safety
Area Environmental impacts and total food chain
Area European Research Area
Area Coordinated Call with India (Department of Biotechnology – DBT
Activity 2.3
Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes
Area Novel sources of biomass and bioproducts
Area Marine and fresh-water biotechnology (blue biotechnology)
Area Industrial biotechnology: novel high added-value bio-products and bio-processes
Area Bio refinery
Area Environmental biotechnology
Area Emerging trends in biotechnology
Area Bio refinery joint call
OTHER
(please describe)

4. High = 3
Moderate = 2
Low = 1
AVERAGE = 2.9

5. High = 3
Moderate = 2
Low = 1
AVERAGE = 2.7

6. High = 3
Moderate = 2
Low = 1
AVERAGE = 2.5

7. High = 3
Moderate = 2
Low = 1
AVERAGE = 2.4
AVERAGE = 2.6
AVERAGE = 2.5

8. AVERAGE = 2.4
AVERAGE = 2.3
High = 3
Moderate = 2
Low = 1

9. Q 2 – THE MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH FAB AREAS FOR EACH COUNTRY
ALG
EGY
JOR
LEB
MOR
PAL
TUN
Total
Area 2.1.2 3 21
Area 2.2.4 1 2 7
Area 2.2.5 4
Area 2.2.3
Area 2.3.3
Area 2.3.5
Area 2.3.6
Area 2.1.3
Area 2.1.1
2.1.2 – Increase Sustainability of All Production Systems
2.2.4 – Food Quality and Safety

10. RESULTS OF THE QUESTION 4
ALG
EGY
JOR
LEB
MOR
PAL
TUN
INA El-Harrach (Agronomic science and High education)
INRAA (Agronomic research)
INRF (Forestry research)
INSA (Animal Health)
Agricultural Research Center (ARC)
National Research Center (NRC)
National Water Research Center (NWRC)
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF)
Desert Research Center (DRC)
National centre for Agricultural research and extension (NCARE)
Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA)
Colleges of agriculture at Jordan universities
National Council for Scientific Research
Lebanese Agriculture Research Institute (LARI)
American University of Beirut (AUB)
Agronomical and Veterinary Institute Hassan II
National Institute of Agronomical Research
Ecole Nationale d’Agriculture. Meknès
National Institute of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
Ecole Nationale Forestière des Ingénieurs
An-Najah.Nat.University
Unversity of Hebron
Al-Azhar University Gaza
National Agriculture Research Center - Ministry of Agriculture
National Institute of Agronomic Research (INRAT)
Rural Water and Forestry Research
Desertification and Drought Research Institute
Fishery Research Institute and Fresh Water Technology

12. Q6 – Level of priorities for each MPC related to the
outputs of the UPM

13. Research topics of common interest for future FAB
Q7 - FUTURE KEY TOPICS
Research topics of common interest for future FAB
research and cooperation
COUNTRY
Activity 2.1
Activity 2.2
Activity 2.3
OTHER
Area 2.1.1
Area 2.1.2
Area 2.2.1
Area 2.2.2
Area 2.2.4
Area 2.3.1
Area 2.3.5
ALG 3 2 1 -
EGY
Climate Change
JOR
LEB
MOR
PAL
TUN
2.1.1 Enabling research; Increase sustainability of production systems;
Consumers; Nutrition; Food quality and safety;
2.3.1 Novel sources of biomass and bioproducts; Environmental biotechnology
CLIMATE CHANGE

14. Group 1 - FOOD CHAIN, FOOD SAFETY and FOOD SECURITY
Group 2 – SUSTAINABLE WATER and LAND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

15. THANK YOU