Tag: agriculture
Shaping the sustainable bioeconomy: BIOEAST opens Student Challenge
The BOOST4BIOEAST project has launched the BIOEAST Student Challenge, an innovation competition for students across Central and Eastern Europe interested in shaping the future...
The carob’s long shadow: from cursed tree to climate hero
Today, the carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) enjoys something of a renaissance, celebrated for its resilience, nutritional value and potential as a climate-adapted crop across...
More than a tree: how carob shapes culture and food in...
In Lebanon, carob, known as kharroub (خروب), is far more than a health-food ingredient. Deeply embedded in rural traditions and food culture, it forms...
Carob in Lebanon: from heritage to a climate‑resilient resource for circular...
The carob tree is increasingly recognised as a “tree for our times”, offering exceptional potential to respond to some of today’s most pressing challenges,...
Valencia boosts carob’s role as a climate-resilient crop at the EFI...
A recent report featured on À Punt’sLa Via Verda programme, a regional public television channel in Valencia, has highlighted the renewed importance of the...
Carob: a Mediterranean tree for our times
The carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) has been part of the Mediterranean landscape for millennia. Drought-tolerant, adapted to poor soils, and capable of thriving where...
Turning local resilience solutions into lasting Mediterranean policy action
The starting point for the EU-funded ResAlliance project was to collect local know-how from farmers and foresters and understand their barriers to creating a higher landscape resilience. From there, the project focused on lifting these locally...
EU-FarmBook Forum 2025: turning knowledge into action for competitive farms and...
The EU-FarmBook Forum 2025: Turning Knowledge into Action for Competitive Farms and Forests will take place on 16 December 2025, livestreamed from Brussels, Belgium....
AGROFIG: Advancing fig-based agroforestry for climate-resilient Mediterranean agriculture
The agroecological transition toward sustainable agricultural and food systems is essential to ensure future food production, particularly in the face of climate uncertainties. The...
Have your say! – Support innovation and learn with ResAlliance
The ResAlliance Call 4 Innovators is now open for voting, and we invite you to take part. Over the past year, LandNet members and...
Hotter, drier, more fire-prone: how climate change will reshape wildfire hazard...
In 2025, more than one million hectares burned across the EU. In Sardinia, the Mediterranean's second-largest island, just 0.6% of fires cause over half...
