PRIMA-IS is launching a call for research and innovation (RIA) proposals to mobilize the Euro-Mediterranean scientific communities, stakeholders and private entities and to support a wide range of research and innovation projects expected to produce a socio-economic impact in the near future.

Thematic Area:  Agro-Food value chain, Farming systems, Management of water

Topic: Transnational call funded by Participating States

Type of action: Research and Innovation Action (RIA)

Total indicative amount allocated to this call: EUR 30 million

OPENING DATE: 6 February 2018

Deadline:  Stage 1 Pre-proposals – 27th March, 2018 (17:00h CET)  / Stage 2 Full proposals – 4th September, 2018 (17:00h CET)

Thematic area 1: Sustainable water management for arid and semi-arid Mediterranean area

Topic 1.1.1: Water resources availability and quality within catchments and aquifers

Topic 1.1.2: Sustainable, integrated water management.

Topic 1.1.3: Irrigation technologies and practices.

Thematic area 2: Sustainable farming systems under Mediterranean environmental constraints

Topic 1.2.1: Adaptation of Agriculture to Climate Change

Topic 1.2.2: Preventing and Controlling Emergence of Animal and Plant Diseases

Topic 1.2.3: Developing Farming Systems Able to Generate Income, to Create Employment and to Contribute to a Balanced Territorial Development

Thematic area 3: Mediterranean Food Value Chain for regional and local development

Topic 1.3.1: Valorising food products from traditional Mediterranean diet

Topic 1.3.2: Food Safety in local food chains

Topic 1.3.3: Implications of dietary shifts and sustainable diets for the Mediterranean populations and food industry

Please find more details on PRIMA initiative, this call, guidelines for applicants, application submission here.

For questions related to this call for proposals, please contact:

• Marco Orlando at marco.orlando [at] prima-med.org or +34 93 401 08 40 for Thematic Area 1: Management of Water;
• Fabrice Dentressangle at fabrice.dentressangle [at] prima-med.org or +34 93 401 18 41 for Thematic Area 2: Farming Systems;
• Anabel de la Peña at anabel.delapena [at] prima-med.org or +34 93 401 08 81 for Thematic Area 3: Agro-Food Value Chain.