The second meeting of the French multi-stakeholder platform of the 4CE-MED project was held on September 1st in Dijon. On this occasion, the first results of the Camelina 2021 trials were shared with farmers, techno-economic actors (Terres Inovia), processing operators (Saipol – Avril group) and institutions (Ministry of Agriculture and Food). While some crop…
On October 6 and 7, SAIPOL organized a field visit lap of camelina experimental fields sown in a summer double cropping system after cereals or peas. Set up in a double cropping system, camelina would make it possible to meet some of the objectives of advanced biofuels or even of the bioeconomy development. Various agricultural…
The 4CE-MED Algerian stakeholders attending the meeting were 12 members including 3 females, representing farmers, training and technical institutes, Cooperative, farmer association representatives and university researchers. The platform will be open to new members in the future. After welcoming the attendance, Mr HANNACHI Abderrahmane and BENIDIR Mohamed gave a general presentation of the 4CE-MED project,…
Last first september the 4CE-MED Italian Stakeholder Platform included 17 members, (farmers, farmer advisors, regional policy makers and farmer associations). In particular, eight were women, and eight young people. The participants of the Platform represented different geographical areas of Italy, from the North to the South. Main outcomes of the National Stakeholder Platform held in…
In Tunisia, most of the agricultural areas are intended to cereals crops and arboriculture. Crop rotation is still limited and not well diversified; it is practically limited to legumes. 4CE-MED project is working to develop new innovative, diversified and resilient Mediterranean agricultural systems. In this context, Camelina sativa will be tested during the project under…
The 4CE-MED project brings together the national panel in Spain to evaluate the Camelina trials. Partners of the European 4CE-MED project held the second meeting of the Spanish national panel on 14th September 2021, which brought together representatives of Agri-food Cooperatives of Spain, Camelina Company Spain (CCE), Agrovegetal, IMIDRA (Madrid Institute for Rural, Agricultural and…
In the framework of the 4CE-MED project different harvesting strategies were tested. In Italy the trials were developed at the experimental farm of the University of Bologna, situated in Cadriano (BO). The UNIBO team and the CREA team jointly run this activity. An innovative harvesting strategy was developed by cutting and swathing camelina plants when…
ICARDA partner shows in this video the extraction oil from camelina seeds using traditional method. ICARDA extracted oil to show farmers and stakeholders and get their opinion or feedback. ICARDA
Generating Networks,adding knowledge challenging agricultural innovation in 4CE-MED community Thanks to and to all the involved partners in these amazing projects. https://youtu.be/a14lXxkIK2E
Camelina sowing under a pea cover in a double cropping system: drone sowing, pneumatic seeder or direct sowing after harvest. In order to ensure the crop emergence before dry periods, various opportunities are being tested within the framework of the 4CE-MED project (PRIMA Programme official). These opportunities, for crop diversification and adaptation to climate change,…
Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España and Cereales Alcamancha S.Coop. have reached an agreement whereby this cooperative will collaborate for the next two years with the 4CE-MED project to promote the adoption of camelina and conservation agriculture in the Alcarria area of Cuenca. In this sense, the cooperative will organise, in collaboration with Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España,…
4CE-MED project (Camelina: a Cash Cover Crop Enhancing water and soil conservation in MEDiterranean dry-farming systems), started on May 2020, with a duration of three and a half years, and financed within the PRIMA program, participated by 11 entities from seven Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, France, Greece, Italy and Spain) and coordinated by Alma…
4CE-MED partners want to tell you about the implemented activities in the frame of this Mediterranean experience. You can subscribe our NEWSLETTER that we plan to publish once a year compiling the progress and results of our project. THE FIRST ONE IS ALREADY PUBLISHED! If you want to be kept up to date, we…
INRAT : Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie is the only Tunisian 4CE-MED partner. Within the framework of the project, trials were conducted in Kef experimental station of INRA Tunisia under conventional and conservation agriculture conditions. Camelina grew very well despite the severe condition of Kef region.
Ακολουθώντας τη νέα ευρωπαϊκή στροφή προς τις εναλλακτικές και καινοτόμες καλλιέργειες, η Bios Agrosystems MABEE θα αναπτύξει ένα demo filed trial της καλλιέργειας Καμελίνας σε συνεργασία με το project 4CE-MED. Το demo filed trial θα πραγματοποιηθεί στη βόρεια Ελλάδα και θα καλύπτει μία έκταση 1 εκταρίου (10 στρέμματα). Το project 4CE-MED στοχεύει στην ενσωμάτωση της…
One field day event was organized on 6-April-2021 by Office National du Conseil Agricole, ONCA (Moroccan National Office of Agricultural Council) and ICARDA-Morocco to show farmers types of farming systems and crops for diversification in crop rotation in wheat-based farming systems. Twenty farmers and ONCA officials participated in this one-day event. As a part of…
Arvalis – Institut du Végétal is the French partner in the 4CE-MED project, which aims to develop new Mediterranean farming systems that are innovative, diversified and resilient. These systems will be based on conservation agriculture practices and will include camelina, a heat- and drought-tolerant oil and protein crop with very promising agronomic and economic potential,…
With the aim of raising awareness of the benefits of growing camelina and implementing conservation agriculture on their farms, Camelina Company España (4CE-MED partner) is developing an agronomic trial in collaboration with IMIDRA (Madrid Institute for Rural Development, Food and Agricultural Research) at Finca El Encín, Alcalá de Henares, Spain. The agronomic trial includes different…
4CE-MED partners are pleased to present this video as a summary of that amazing initiative that is taking palce in the Mediterranean Area. The 4CE-MED consortium was conceived in order to follow a multi-actor approach. The consortium includes 11 partners from 7 different PRIMA countries (Geographic Area PRIMA): 4 EU (MED-EU) and 3 non-EU (MED),…
Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España (Spanish Co-ops) is one of the 4CE-MED project partners promoting the development of innovative, diversified and resilient Mediterranean farming systems that do not compete for land with the food chain in Spain, together with Camelina Company España and Iniciativas Innovadoras. As an example of such systems, camelina has been cultivated in…
The first meeting of 4ce-med local multi-stakeholder platform of Algeria was held on September 20 2020, at 2 pm in the ITMAS meeting room. This first meeting has been scheduled for the beginning of September. Several individual phone calls with members were made in late August and early September to discuss about the 4CE-MED project,…
CREA, one of the Italian partners of 4CE-MED project. CREA is performing experimental tests in collaboration with Camelina Company to study and asses the existing constrains of the mechanical harvesting of Camelina. One of the main targets of the 4CE-MED project is to define, optimize and test under real operational conditions locally tailor-made 4CE-MED solutions to…
One of the main targets of the 4CE-MED (Camelina: a Cash Cover Crop Enhancing water and soil conservation in MEDiterranean dry-farming systems) project is to engage local stakeholders in each of the seven participating countries (Italy, Greece, Spain, France, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia). To achieve this goal local multi-stakeholder platforms (LMSPs) have been created since…
In the first stage of the 4CE-MED project, under the work package 1 “Local Multi-Stakeholder Platforms (LMSP)” have been launched with the aim to locally co-design the optimal tailor-made solutions including Camelina Sativa as a cash cover crop for the Mediterranean environments. The local boards will include in each country long-term CA adopters who will…
The first meeting of the 4CE-MED Italian stakeholder platform (including 15 members, i.e. farmers, farmer advisors, regional and national policy makers, and farmer association representatives) took place online on the 20th July 2020 The platform, which will engage new members in the coming months, has been set up to represent different geographical areas across Italy,…
The AAIC (Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops) was established in 1979 as an international, non-profit educational and scientific organization with the scope to: Encourage and promote the activities of those involved in the production, processing, development, and commercialization of industrial crops and products derived from industrial crops Educate and inform our members and…
In Spain, 4CE-MED aims to introduce camelina in the rotations of low-production areas, especially arid and semi-arid drylands (below 3000 kg/ha) in the Mediterranean basin, providing alternatives to farmers. Within the framework of the project, a series of trials coordinated by Camelina Company will be carried out in Spain. The following questions were discussed in…
4CE-MED project (Camelina: a Cash Cover Crop Enhancing water and soil conservation in MEDiterranean dry-farming systems), started on May 2020, with a duration of three and a half years, and financed within the PRIMA program, participated by 11 entities from seven Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, France, Greece, Italy and Spain) and coordinated by Alma…
