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IAMZ - CIHEAM

IAMZ - CIHEAM. CIHEAM · Intergovernmental Organisation Mission : To develop cooperation between Mediterranean countries through post-graduate training and promotion of cooperative research in the field of agriculture and natural resources.

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IAMZ - CIHEAM

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  1. IAMZ - CIHEAM

  2. CIHEAM ·Intergovernmental Organisation Mission: To develop cooperation between Mediterranean countries through post-graduate training and promotion of cooperative research in the field of agriculture and natural resources. ·13 Mediterranean countriesAlbania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey (Syria, Croatia, Cyprus) ·4 Institutes to develop activitiesBari (IT); Chania (GR); Montpellier (FR); Zaragoza (ES) - IAMZ www.ciheam.org

  3. International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies

  4. Maditerranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza IAMZ

  5. IAMZ Model • Structure and means designed for organizational tasks • Rely on external expertise, both for training and research Training: origin of lecturers • Maximum of collaboration with national and international structures

  6. IAMZ Resources • Staff: 26 Persons • 4 fully equipped classrooms • auditorium seating 250 • library & access to biblio databases • computer room • intranet & internet • printing department ........................

  7. Thematic Orientations (i) Improvement of the efficiency of Mediterranean production systems and markets, and valuationof products (ii) Sustainable management of the Mediterranean agricultural and natural resources

  8. Functional Areas • Plant production • Animal production • Environment • Agro-food marketing • Fisheries and aquaculture

  9. TRAINING PROGRAMME

  10. Two main objectives Offer of programmes of importance and impact for the Mediterranean region Joint offer with Mediterranean national institutions and international institutions in the region

  11. Types of course • POSTGRADUATE SPECIALISATION COURSES - MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAMME 7 different courses, each one programmed every two years  3-4 courses per year • ADVANCED SPECIALISED COURSES Aimed at professionals (1 to 2 weeks) 16 courses per year (average)

  12. Postgraduate specialisation courses PLANT PRODUCTION • PLANT BREEDING1st edition: 1982-83 • OLIVE GROWING AND OLIVE OIL TECHNOLOGY1st edition: 1995-96. Held in Córdoba and Sevilla, jointly organised with UCO, CA-JA, CSIC and COI • ANIMAL PRODUCTION • ANIMAL PRODUCTION(Genetics, Nutrition and Reproduction)1st edition: 1979-80 • ENVIRONMENT • RURAL PLANNING IN RELATION TO THE ENVIRONMENT1st edition: 1976-77 • AGRO-FOOD MARKETING • AGRO-FOOD MARKETING 1st edition: 1987-88 • FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE • AQUACULTURE1st edition: 1997-98. Held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, jointly organised with ULPGC and ICCM • FISHERIES ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT • 1st edition foreseen: 2004-2005. To be held in Barcelonajointly organised with UB and MAPA-SGPM

  13. Advanced specialised courses ADVANCED SPECIALISED COURSES ORGANISED AT THE IAMZ FROM 1988 UNTIL THIS ACADEMIC YEAR 2003-2004 AREA OF STUDY NUMBER OF NUMBER OF COURSES ORGANISED DIFFERENT COURSES Plant production 50 37 Animal production 49 22 Environment 58 35 Marketing 33 14 Fisheries & aquaculture 29 21 TOTAL 219 129

  14. Plant Production Sustainable management of Mediterranean resources • Sustainable agriculture (1991) • Sustainable agriculture: soil management and conservation in sustainable agricultural systems (1994) • Sustainable agriculture: water management for agricultural production in semi-arid zones (1994, 1998, 2002) • Sustainable agriculture in rainfed systems (1996, 2003) • Sustainable use of resources in Mediterranean rainfed agriculture (1999) • Weed biology and control for Mediterranean conditions (1990, 1993, 1997) • Basis, tools and strategies for insect pest management (1992) • Integrated pest and disease management in protected crops (1995, 2000) • Conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources in the Mediterranean region (1993, 1996) • Agroecological characterization for resource management in dry areas: use of GIS, remote sensing and modelling (2000) • Risk management in Mediterranean agriculture: agricultural insurance (2002)

  15. Plant Production Improvement of the efficiency of production systems and increasing the value of Mediterranean products • Production and economics of nut crops (1994, 1998) • Fig production (1997) • Olive orchard management in rainfed conditions: new perspectives (2001) • Integrated stone and pome fruit production in the Mediterranean region (2003) • Nurseries and forest plant production for Mediterranean conditions (2001) • Crop choices for Mediterranean rainfed conditions. Technical and socio-economic criteria (2002) • Diagnosis and control of diseases of grain and pasture legumes adapted to Mediterranean environments (1998) • Postharvest technologies for Mediterranean vegetables: quality and safety (2004)

  16. Plant Production Crop breeding • Grain legume breeding (1988) • Maize breeding, production, processing and marketing in Mediterranean countries (1990) • Strategies for crop improvement under environmental stress (1989) • Integrated approach to breeding cereals for drought resistance (2000) • Genetics, breeding and conservation of forest tree species (1996) • Enhancing breeding processes of fruit and forest woody species: physiological and genetic aspects (2000) • Enhancing breeding processes of fruit and forest woody species: experimental design and statistical analysis (2000) • Seed production (1992)

  17. Plant Production • Innovative methods and techniques • • Molecular and cellular techniques in plant breeding (1992) • • Use of molecular markers in plant breeding (1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005) • • Introduction of transgenic plants in agriculture: evaluation and decision-making criteria (1999) • • Bioinformatics: use of genetic databases in plant breeding (2001) • • Genomic tools for the analysis and breeding of complex traits in crop plants (2004) • • Statistical methods for plant variety evaluation (1991, 1993, 1997) • • Statistical methods for the analysis and interpretation of plant genomic data (2004) • • Sampling methods in agriculture and the agro-food industry (1994) • • Tools for statistical and process-based modelling in • agriculture (1996) • • Decision support systems in agronomy: modelling (2002)

  18. Plant Production • Innovative methods and techniques • Design and analysis of multi-environment trials:conventional and qtl-based methods (September 2005) • Characterizing spatial-temporal variability for agricultural planning and site-specific crop management in mediterranean conditions (March 2006)

  19. Lecturers • Training is given by highly qualified invited experts, selected for their experience and prestige in each subject • Average number of lecturers per academic year 370, from more than 30 countries

  20. Participantslast 9 academic years • AVERAGE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONSPER ACADEMIC YEAR ………………………………… 1800 • AVERAGE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTSPER ACADEMIC YEAR • Postgraduate specialisation courses ………. 75 • Advanced specialised courses …………… 392 ………………………………….. 467

  21. Participantslast 9 academic years

  22. Participantslast 9 academic years

  23. Origin of CIHEAM grantholders CIHEAM Mediterranean countries (except Spain) 95% Other Mediterranean countries 3% Spain 2% TYPE OF FINANCING CIHEAM grantholders 39% Non grantholders 61% Participantslast 9 academic years

  24. Publications based on training activities BOOKS PUBLISHED WITH INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS ISSUES OF “OPTIONSMEDITERRANEENNES”

  25. Publications based on training activitiesinternational publishers • PLANT BREEDING - PRINCIPLES AND PROSPECTSEds M.D. Hayward, N.O. Bosemark and I. RomagosaChapman and Hall (now Kluwer), 1993 • LIMNOLOGY NOW, A PARADIGM OF PLANETARY PROBLEMSEd. R. MargalefElsevier, 1994 • STATISTICAL METHODS FOR PLANT VARIETAL EVALUATIONEds R.A. Kempton and P.N. FoxChapman and Hall (now Kluwer), 1997 • AGRO-FOOD MARKETINGEds D.I. Padberg, C. Ritson and L.M. AlbisuCAB International, 1997 • RURAL PLANNING FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVEEds F.B. Golley and J. BellotSpringer Verlag, 1999 • INTEGRATED PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN GREENHOUSE CROPSEds R. Albajes, M.L. Gullino, J.C. van Lenteren and Y. EladKluwer, 1999

  26. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH

  27. Cooperative research General objective To promote, coordinate and develop cooperation among experts and national and international institutions in the Mediterranean countries

  28. Cooperative researchSpecific objectives • To exchange information and/or (mainly genetic) material • To develop scientific work with common objectives and methodologies • To prepare and implement joint research projects • To organise seminars and courses • To publish relevant results

  29. Cooperative research Tools (1) • Cooperative Research Networks and Working Groups • Research Projects • Other temporary structures In the same way as in our Training Programmes,Relying on the expertise of National and International Organizations

  30. Cooperative research Tools (2) • More than 80 Mediterranean institutions and about 400 experts participate regularly in IAMZ coordinated activities • More than 800 persons participate each year in activities in whose organisation IAMZ is directly involved

  31. (i) Improvement of the efficiency of Mediterranean production systems and valuation of products • Plant genetic resources adapted to Mediterranean conditions Breeding of typically Mediterranean fruit species FAO/CIHEAM Network on nuts Working group on the apricot Working group on underutilised fruit species Legumes and cereals Mycorrhisation of forest plants • Improvement of sheep and goat production systems FAO/CIHEAM Network on Sheep and Goats FAO/CIHEAM Network on Pastures and Fodder Crops • Mediterranean aquaculture (in close collaboration with FAO) • Marketing of Mediterranean products

  32. (ii) Sustainable management of the Mediterranean agricultural and natural resources • Forest restoration and fight against desertification • Climatic change: Effects on agriculture and environment • Drought preparedness and mitigation • Mediterranean fisheries resources

  33. Activities and participants • 30-35 meetings and seminars per year • ~ 300 participants managed directly by us per year • From 2 to 8 Research Projects (CAMAR, AIR, FAIR, INCO-DC, INCO-MED and MEDA) to coordinate simultaneously • 20 Project Proposals submitted to the INCO, MEDA & GEF-WB Programmes in recent years. 6 funded • 37 issues of Options Méditerranéennes and 8 other international publications in the last 5 years • Web page on Med. Rabbit Genetic Resources

  34. Research projects 1. Coordinated by IAMZ-CIHEAM • MEDROPLAN (2003-2007)Mediterranean Drought Preparedness and Mitigation Planning EC-MEDA.3,057,000 euro  • MABDE (2003-2006)Mapping Adaptation of Barley to Drought Environments EC-INCO-MED.1,197,811 euro • WATNITMED (2005-2008)Management Improvements of Water and Nitrogen Use Efficiency of Mediterranean Strategic CropsEC-INCO-MED.1,400,000 euro • CONPAB (2004-2005)Participatory Plant BreedingEC-INCO-MED.70,000 euro • QUALIWATER (2006-2009)Diagnosis and Control of Salinity and Nitrate Pollution in Mediterranean Irrigated Diagnosis and Control of Salinity and Nitrate Pollution in Mediterranean Irrigated Agriculture EC-INCO-MED.1,450,000 euro

  35. Research projects 2. Projects in which IAMZ-CIHEAM is a partner • REACTION (2003-2006)Restoration Actions to Combat Desertification in the Northern Mediterranean EC-Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development.540,000 euro • DESURVEY (2005-2008)A Surveillance System for Assessing and Monitoring of DesertificationEC-FP6, PRIORITY “GLOBAL CHANGE AND ECOSYSTEMS”8,621,186euro

  36. Similarities between Cooperative Selections Schemes in Animal Breeding and Participatory Plant Breeding

  37. FAO/CIHEAM Network on Sheep and Goats Cooperative Selection Schemes (Manech breed; Astruc)

  38. Black F. LatxaPhenotypic Evolution 1990–2002 for 120 days milkNat. Mating: 1.03 l/yAI: 2.64 l/yBest 5 farmers: 3.72 l/y Litters Year of lambing

  39. Black F. LatxaGenetic Evolution 1988 - 2001 for 120 days milkNat. Mating: 2.64 l/yAI: 3.02 l/yBest 5 farmers: 3.74 l/y Litters Year of birth

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