Ciheam - IAMM

📢We are hiring 📢Recruitment of a Postdoctoral Fellow Full-time 2 years contract.
🌍The GREENCOOP project aims to support the transition towards more sustainable and resilient rural systems in Europe by promoting innovative business models, agroecological practices, and digital solutions 🌱💡 The project is structured around a network of Living Labs, where farmers, rural businesses, researchers, public authorities, and other stakeholders collaboratively explore, co-design, and test solutions adapted to local socio-economic and environmental conditions.
🔎 Interested in joining the project?
👉 Find the full job description and application details here: https://www.iamm.ciheam.org/en/agendas/greencoop-project-recruitment-of-a-postdoctoral-fellow-2/

🌱Enhancing the capacity of agricultural Cooperatives for Land Fragmentation Reduction, Value Chain Development, collective agricultural waste management♻️and the empowerment of SMEs and rural women👩‍🌾” in 3 main south Egypt governorates: Beni Suef, Assiut and Sohag, are the main objectives of the new project that (coordinator), (KEF) and Climate Change Information Center, Renewable Energy and Expert Systems (CCICREES/ARC) are implementing in Egypt.
🇪🇺 Funded by the European Union, under the contribution agreement “EU-Zira3A – EU Integrated rural development programme for Egypt”, coordinated by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation/ AICS Cairo, this project aims at helping 18 cooperatives in the 3 governorates in order to develop use of agricultural machinery🚜and innovative services, promote cash crops (soybean and sunflower🌻), develop organic farming🌿, and geographic indications.📍The project has been launched in Cairo on July 22nd, with AICS Cairo, the consortium members, and with Dr. Ahmed Rizk, Head of Agricultural Services Directorate at the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation. It is expected to last 18 months⏳

🌱 Healthy landscapes are the foundation of food security, climate resilience, and sustainable livelihoods. Yet at least 100 million hectares of productive land are degraded every year.

🌍 At , the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT will bring science, evidence, and practical solutions to help turn land restoration commitments into action.

From restoring rangelands and improving soil health to advancing agroecological approaches and resilient food systems, we work with partners to address the interconnected challenges of land degradation, biodiversity loss, climate change, and food insecurity.

📍From 17-28 August in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, we will engage with governments, partners, and investors to share the innovations and partnerships needed to scale restoration and build resilient landscapes.

🔗 Learn more about our participation: https://allbiociat.org/3TSEMJ4

🌍✨ Discovering the Living Labs Cross Visits!

How can territorial innovation and rural well-being shape the future of Europe's rural areas?

The latest GRANULAR Cross Visit dossier takes us to Ourense ( , Spain), where researchers, local authorities, businesses, community organisations and Living Lab facilitators came together to exchange knowledge and explore innovative approaches to rural development.

Over two days, participants visited San Xoán de Río, Allariz and Ribadavia, showcasing the diversity of rural Galicia, from depopulating areas to successful examples of territorial revitalisation and vibrant local economies.

Organised by the Universidade de Vigo within the framework of the GRANULAR project, the cross-visit combined field visits, expert discussions and stakeholder exchanges focused on:

🔹 Territorial innovation and rural well-being

🔹 Social innovation and community empowerment

🔹 Digital governance and AI for local decision-making

🔹 Sustainable territorial planning and rural resilience

🔹 Knowledge exchange between researchers, policymakers and local communities

Once again, the GRANULAR Living Labs demonstrate how connecting research, policy and local action can help build more resilient, inclusive and evidence-based rural futures.

📘 Discover the dossier here:https://www.ruralgranular.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Spanish-Living-Lab-Cross-Visit-Dossier.pdf



𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 ⤵

From climate change to digital transformation and generational renewal, today's challenges call for new ways of generating knowledge — researchers, farmers, advisors, businesses and policymakers co-creating solutions together.

This is the spirit behind the Multi-Actor Approach (MAA), an increasingly central feature of Horizon Europe R&I projects. And it's about far more than "consulting" stakeholders at some point along the way — it requires genuine engagement across the entire project lifecycle.
In our latest article, Irene Gavieiro, project manager at CIHEAM Zaragoza, explains how this approach is transforming agricultural research and turning scientific knowledge into practical, lasting impact. 👇

🔗 https://www.zaragoza.ciheam.org/agendas/agricultural-innovation-starts-with-co-creation-how-the-multi-actor-approach-is-transforming-agricultural-research/

🔔 Nouveau MOOC « S’adapter au changement climatique avec les Solutions fondées sur la Nature » ! 🔔

Face à l’intensification des effets du changement climatique - canicules, sécheresses, inondations, feux de forêt, érosion littorale - les territoires se préparent et se transforment.
Pour accompagner cette transformation, l’Office français de la biodiversité lance, dans le cadre du programme européen Projet Life ARTISAN, un MOOC gratuit, accessible à toutes et tous, disponible à partir de septembre 2026.

Au fil de cette formation en ligne, vous retrouverez 43 intervenants aux expertises complémentaires :
- des retours d’expérience concrets en métropole et en Outre-mer
- des témoignages de terrain
- des outils et cas pratiques pour comprendre, concevoir et mettre en œuvre des projets de Solutions fondées sur la Nature

Deux niveaux d’engagement sont proposés :
🎓 “Je comprends”
🛠️ “Je mets en œuvre”

Ce MOOC est conçu par le Projet Life ARTISAN avec l’aide du Ceebios et de l’Institut des Futurs souhaitables, et réalisé par SATOR.

🎥 Découvrez le teaser du MOOC 👉 https://vist.ly/5ebh3
🔗 Inscrivez vous dès maintenant ! 👉 https://vist.ly/5ebh5
💡Pour plus d'infos sur le MOOC 👉 https://vist.ly/5ebgz