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Community Organizations International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
International Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
Acronym
CIHEAM
Intergovernmental or Multilateral organization
Phone number
[33] (0)1 53 23 91 00

Location

11 Rue Newton
75116
Paris
Paris (75)
France
Working languages
English
French

Founded in 1962, the CIHEAM is a Mediterranean intergovernmental organisation devoted to the sustainable development of agriculture and fisheries, food and nutrition security and rural and coastal areas.

 

It is composed of  13 member States (Albania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey) and operates through its 4 Institutes based in Bari (Italy), Chania (Greece), Montpellier (France) and Zaragoza (Spain) and a General Secretariat based in Paris.

 

The CIHEAM collaborates with several international and regional organisations.

 

OUR IDENTITY 

 

We believe in a UNITED MEDITERRANEAN where the sustainable development of agriculture, food security and territorial cohesion are the seeds of social stability and inclusive growth.

 

We promote MULTILATERAL COOPERATION through specialised training, networked research, scientific diplomacy and political partnerships.

 

We contribute to REGIONAL STABILITY, food and nutrition security, health of populations, the protection of the environment and increased access to the job market of youth.

 

We strongly believe in INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE and DIVERSITY. Several nationalities and religions coexist within the CIHEAM.

 

We believe in KNOWLEDGE SHARING and the enhancement of links between knowledge and development needs.

 

We promote POLITICAL DIALOGUE through the organisation of meetings of the Agricultural Ministries of our member States.

 

We develop our actions within an ACCOUNTABILITY framework and implement them through a result-based management approach.

 

 

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Resources

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The role of governance in sustainable rangeland management

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016

The management and rehabilitation of degraded rangelands are inherently complex in south Mediterranean where state and tribal owned pastures are grazed commonly by the agro-pastoralists. The prospect for increased degradation primarily caused by overgrazing and recurrent droughts is currently at alarming levels. Reversing the negative trends primarily requires insightful management practices, institutional and policy support, and ultimately sound governance.

Sheep and goat farming and grasslands conservation : in need of proper policies

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Greece

Mediterranean landscapes have been formed through human activity for millennia, which resulted in a particularly rich and rare biodiversity. Among these activities grazing is the most beneficial on biodiversity. However, the sheep and goat sector is rapidly transforming into sedentary-housed types and pastoral land is abandoned. The Greek example is presented and a range of policies are suggested to halt this trend and conserve pastoral land biodiversity in Mediterranean

Grazing land management and sheep farm viability in semi - arid areas : evidence from Western Lesvos , Greece

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Greece

In semi-arid areas of the Mediterranean basin, sheep and goat herding has been a land management activity for millennia. In the last decades, intensification of grazing has resulted in grazing land degradation. Today, many sheep farms face growing dependence from feed to cover the dietary needs of animals, as grazing land productivity covers only a fraction of these needs and decreasing economic outputs. In this paper, we present a conceptual framework for linking grazing lands management practices and economic viability of sheep farms in Agra, a village in Western Lesvos.

Overlooked benefits and services of grasslands to support policy reform

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016

Despite their ecological, economic and social importance, Mediterranean grasslands continue to receive limited scientific, political and media attention. Grasslands are typically viewed as underutilized space, able to be transformed into more “valuable” land by placing it under cultivation, transforming it into forest land and/or privatizing it. This paper synthesizes a number of pertinent issues in relation to social and economic systems on grasslands within the southern Mediterranean region.