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Titre : PASTINNOVA : Innovative models for sustainable future of Mediterranean pastoral systems

Pays/Région : Algeria ; Croatia ; Cyprus ; Greece ; Italy ; Lebanon ; Morocco ; Slovenia ; Tunisia ; Turkey ; Spain

Date : Start date 2022-05-01 // End date 2025-04-30

Identifiant : 475-PASTINNOVA
Type de projet : Development and innovation oriented (research) project

Présentation
The project targets Mediterranean pastoral farms and their value chains (VCP), focusing on smallholders maintaining ‘pastoral identities’ by making sustainable use of local resources at risk of abandonment and providing examples of a circular economy for centuries and an alternative to dominant intensive livestock production systems. The key objective of PASTINNOVA is to re-enforce the sustainability, profitability and resilience of small pastoral farms by setting up innovative business and organisational models to valorise their full potential and promote their access to markets. In particular, the project examines pastoral systems which can provide a broad array of ecosystem services along with high-quality products in a variety of agroecological and socio-economic Mediterranean settings.

To address the weak positioning of pastoral smallholders in Value Chains of Pastoral products (including short and circular ones), PASTINNOVA proposes a holistic, interdisciplinary approach, which combines participatory methods, assessments and real-life applications, where four elements interact : * Diagnosis (listing of an innovative project, practices and initiatives) * Testing of selected innovations under different contexts * Small-scale pilot implementation, sustainability assessment * Policy and market uptake.

Based on the ‘Living Laboratories’ (LLs), a shared network on “Pastoral actors and VCP” will be established to co-create innovative solutions for farmer organisations, farm management and value chains through the integration of needs, capacities and experiences of actors (e.g., farmers, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, retailers, policymakers, researchers, consumers). Selected solutions will be tested and implemented in small-scale real-life applications and assessed for sustainability (economic, social, environmental). The focus will be on the inclusion of vulnerable groups (e.g., women, young farmers and migrant workers) and the environmental performances of pastoral agroecosystems and chains, promoting sustainable and profitable use of farm waste. Furthermore, the project will propose a supportive policy framework and necessary value chain and market arrangements for efficient access to markets.

Coordinateur : Hellenic Agricultural Organization DEMETER (ELGO)
Partenaires : Trofy AgriFoodTech Solutions Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) Algeria National Agronomic Research institute (INRAA) Coopérative de Services d’Elevage COOPSSEL Cyprus Institute for Rural and Regional Development (CIRRD) University of Zagreb Agency for Rural Development of Istria (AZRRI) CSIC - Spanish National Research Council Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ-CIHEAM) Red Española de Queserías de Campo y Artesanas (QueRed) French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE) Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM) National Research Council, Italy (CNR) Italian Network for Pastoralism APPIA Lebanese University Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA-MAROC) Agricultural Institute Bric Arid Regions Institute (IRA) Cukurova University (CUNI)

Financement principal : Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) (H2020)
Budget : 2 750 000 EUR

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