SUPROMED technical workshop in TUNISIA, 27 NOVEMBER 2020
A technical workshop in Sidi Bouzid (Tunisia) has been achieved on Friday 27 November by the INGC team. The workshop was held with the Leader farmer to raise awareness on the use of seed drills for sowing cereals. This region is known for the low rate of use of agricultural mechanisation , especially the seed drill for cereals. In addition, in this region, cereals are sown manually or with fertiliser spreaders, which distorts sowing rates and leads to heterogeneous emergence. Around 12 participants took part in this workshop.
SUPROMED technical workshop, 13 NOVEMBER 2020
On 13 November 2020, a technical workshop about the improvement of irrigation management with SUPROMED in annual crops was organized by SUPROMED project coordinator UCLM with the contribution of the partners ITAP and HISPATEC.
The workshop was an occasion to gather farmers, technicians and managers of companies linked to irrigation to discuss and reflect on how to increase the
production and quality of agricultural products with a proper design and management of irrigation in order to meet the demand of industry and market.
In addition to that, the workshop aimed to make some trainings on new models and disseminate the results of the first year of SUPROMED project.
Around 200 participants took part in this workshop.
You can watch the videos of the workshop (in Spanish):
Inauguracion jornada
Riogo subterraneo
Resultados en lensos
Resultados en herbaceos
Mesa redonda
El proyecto supromed
El modelo mopeco
Mopeco en lenosos
INGC, HISPATEC AND OPEN IOS ONLINE MEETING, 19 NOVEMBER 2020
An online meeting was held on 19 November 2020, between the INGC team, the representative from OpenIOS company (Tunisia) and HISPATEC team (Spain) within the SUPROMED project. The objective of the meeting was to discuss the different ways of integrating the IREY application into the SUPROMED end users platform.
SUPROMED 1ST Annual MEETING FRUITFULLY CONCLUDED
The first SUPROMED annual meeting was organized remotely by the project coordinator “The University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain” from 14 to 16 October 2020. The meeting was held remotely due to the travel restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
During the first day of the meeting, SUPROMED partners presented the current status of the project and the achieved tasks during the first year. They presented the preliminary results of the work achieved in the 3 demo sites, Eastern Manchain Spain, Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia and South Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.
For the second day, Partners discuss their progress about the development and calibration of models and tools. Spanish partner in charge of the development of the platform “Hispatec " with collaboration of UCLM, presented the first version of the platform with the available models.
The last day was held with the participation of the project officer Fabrice Dentressangle, partners discussed currents status of WP’s, the problems and delays due to Covid 19 and agreed on a list of solutions to solve the first year problems. They planned next actions for the second year.
SUPROMED 1st Technical Meeting fruitfully concluded
The first 1st SUPROMED technical meeting was held on the 17 of June 2020 and hosted by the project coordinator “The University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain”. The meeting was held remotely due to the travel restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
During the first session of the meeting, the partners presented the current status of the project and the achieved milestones during the previous 9 months. They presented the preliminary results of the work achieved in the 3 demo sites, Eastern Manchain Spain, Sidi Bouzid in Tunisia and South Bekaa Valley in Lebanon.
The first version of SUPROMED DSS has been presented by the Spanish partner in charge of the development of the IT platform and the project DSS “Hispatec”, this version will be available online very soon.
In the afternoon, a project board meeting was held and partners discussed the problems and delays due to Covid 19 and agreed on a list of solutions.
SUPROMED project appearance on a TV show, Castilla la Mancha
José María Tarjuelo director of the Regional Center for Water Studies at the University of Castilla la Mancha, in Albacete talking about SUPROMED project on a TV show.
National kick-off workshop of SUPROMED, November 19, 2019 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia.
The national kick-off workshop of the Prima project "SUPROMED" was held on November 19, 2019 in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. During the meeting Tunisian partners of the project ( INGC and NRGREF) meet the principal actors of the region and presented the project activities at the national level.
The workshop brought together more than 70 participants, farmers, researchers and regional and national decision-makers.
Read the article about Supromed project in the local newspaper of Albacete!
The article in spanish in the local newspaper about the kickoff of SUPROMED project is available here
SUPROMED Kick-off 03 October 2019, Albacete: A fruitful start !
SUPROMED “Sustainable Production in water limited environments of Mediterranean agro-ecosystem” is a new PRIMA project!!
The project started on 03 October 2019 with a 2-days kick-off meeting at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in Albacete, Spain. PRIMA foundation has participated at the meeting and explained the ruels for scientific monitoring of SUPROMED.
The main objective of SUPROMED is to enhance the economic and environmental sustainability of Mediterranean farming systems through a more efficient management of water, energy and fertilizers.
